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Social Security Disability Insurance: The Final Payment for June Is on the Way
The last SSDI payment for the month of June will be headed out to recipients in a couple of days. Here's when you can expect ...
Do You Understand These 3 Critical Facts About Social Security COLAs?
The Social Security Administration bases the COLA on the difference in average third-quarter inflation data from one year to ...
Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Estimate Is Getting a "Trump Bump" -- Here's How Much Extra You Might Receive
Estimates point to President Donald Trump's tariff and trade policies having a tangible impact on Social Security benefits ...
New analysis projects Social Security's COLA for 2026 will be higher than previous estimates
A new analysis by The Senior Citizens League found the Social Security COLA for 2026 could be 2.5%, higher than previously ...
Outlook darkens for Social Security, Medicare solvency
The long-term combined outlook of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance ...
Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law
The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new ...
Clock is ticking on Congress to fix Social Security, but will lawmakers act?
The longer Congress waits to act, the more severe the consequences to shore up Social Security’s finances will be. Analysts ...
3 Reasons Your Social Security Benefits Might Increase After You've Claimed Them
Social Security benefit you start out with isn't necessarily the same benefit you'll get for life. Fully understanding Social ...
Earthquake at Social Security: 2026 COLA increase could accomplish something that hasn't happened in more than 40 years
Early estimates point to a 2.5% COLA for January 2026, matching this year's modest bump. If confirmed in October, after the ...
Social Security won’t be able to pay full benefits in 2034 if Congress doesn’t act
Social Security will not be able to fully pay monthly benefits to tens of millions of retirees and people with disabilities in 2034 if lawmakers don’t act to address the program’s pending shortfall, ...