Could claiming Social Security early increase your lifetime benefit?
Early claiming is applying for Social Security benefits under your full retirement age (FRA). This varies by person, ...
Social Security increase: What’s the smallest cost-of-living adjustment Social Security ever paid?
Based on inflation, the latest projections for Social Security’s 2025 cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is in the area of 2 ...
Social security increase: What’s the largest cost-of-living-adjustment Social Security ever paid?
Based on the current rate of inflation, Social Security recipients are on track to receive a cost-of-living adjust increase ...
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Why Are Social Security COLAs Announced in October?
There's a simple answer. In 2024, seniors on Social Security saw their monthly benefits increase by 3.2%. And at this point, ...
Social Security and Medicare finances look grim as overall debt piles up
Dire new budget projections and high-stakes policy deadlines mean lawmakers may be forced to take up the issue — or face the ...
When Should Couples Start Social Security? Strategies to Maximize Benefits
Considering starting Social Security at different times? Explore how splitting benefits can boost combined retirement income.
The Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast for 2025 Was Just Updated, and It Comes With Bad News and Worse News for Retirees
Social Security benefits are on track to get a smaller cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year, and the pay raise may not ...
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Social Security's 2025 COLA Adjustment Is Good and Bad News For Seniors
Inflation continues to run hot in the U.S. economy, driving up the Social Security cost of living adjustment, or COLA. The ...
Latest Social Security COLA Forecast a Setback for Retirees
It sounds like good news. The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit and nonpartisan advocacy group, has increased its long-term Social Security COLA forecast for 2025 to 2.6%. But that modest ...
Social Security adjustment: Here’s the smallest COLA increase ever paid
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The latest projections for Social Security’s 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is around 2.6%, or ...
Stronger economy improves outlook for Medicare, Social Security
Stronger than expected economic growth last year drove improvements to the fiscal health of the trust funds that finance ...
CONCORD COALITION CALLS FOR CANDIDATE DEBATES ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE REFORMS
With today's release of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports confirming that both programs are facing near-term insolvency, The Concord Coalition called for dedicated 2024 ...