The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...

COLA will be less than in the prior few years as inflation slows down, but will still provide an increased income for ...

It has been my custom for most of the past 27 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security updates scheduled to take place the following year. I already discussed some of ...

The Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins on January 29. Also called Spring Festival, this annual celebration is observed by many Asian cultures. Social Security recipients may see a 2.1% ...

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...

Forget about COLAs for a minute -- because Social Security itself has some big problems. More money is being paid out of its ...

President Joe Biden recently signed the Social Security Fairness Act, which eliminated the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision rules. Biden touted the bill as a way ...

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President Joe Biden signed a bill on Sunday that will repeal two laws previously preventing many public employees from receiving Social Security benefits. The Social Security Fairness Act ...

In 2026, retirees may see a smaller cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for their Social Security benefits. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, projected 2026 COLA to be 2. ...

However, another forecast sees the COLA shrinking as low as 0.06% - the lowest level in a decade, according to independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson. That would mark the ...

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to shrink in 2026 and could be the lowest increase seen in a decade. According to a forecast by the Senior Citizens League, the COLA could ...