Social Security 2026 COLA increase, yet rising Medicare premiums may cut the real gains for millions of retirees.

Retirees must wait another five and a half weeks (give or take a few days) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ...

Social Security’s COLA history shows volatility and lagging protection. Projections for 2026 suggest a modest 2.7% rise, or ...

The COLA is calculated by determining the percentage increase (if any) between the CPI-W for the third quarter of the current year and the CPI-W in the third quarter of the previous year. SSA only ...

"When the first day of the month falls on the weekend or a federal holiday, you receive your SSI payment on the last business ...

This year’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment announcement, scheduled for October 15, may be pushed back due to the government ...

The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment will be announced next month and is expected to be increase over the 2025 COLA.

Social Security benefits are an important source of income for most retired workers, so the annual cost-of-living adjustment ...

Social Security beneficiaries could see a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, which is slightly above the 2.5% increase U.S. retirees received in 2025. That's according to an estimate from ...

The official Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment, or COLA, announcement for 2026 is a month away. But the latest projection, according to the Senior Citizens League, estimates that the COLA for ...

The more than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits are expected to see a slightly larger bump in their monthly checks next year than they did in 2025. Each year, Social Security ...