Social Security checks will continue despite the shutdown• But the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement may be ...

Analysts forecast a 2.8% Social Security COLA in 2026. It may not cover expected Medicare premiums, putting seniors more in a ...

The latest estimates call for a 2026 Social Security COLA of 2.7%. Due to senior-specific inflation and rising Medicare ...

To make a long story short, we can reasonably expect the average Social Security check in 2026 for the 70 million people who ...

On July 31, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to the ...

How would a 2.7% COLA stack up against previous increases? Last year, Social Security beneficiaries received a 2.5% COLA. Over the last two decades, the average Social Security increase has been 2.6%.

Social Security beneficiaries could see a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, which is slightly above the 2.5% ...

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the government shutdown ends.

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

Social Security recipients could get a 2.7% raise next year, up from last month's estimate of 2.5%, based on the latest inflation report, according to a new estimate. The Consumer Price Index for ...

Social Security beneficiaries eager to find out how much their payments could rise next year have to wait longer because of the shutdown.