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Social Security’s 90th birthday is this year, Walker notes, and remains the “cornerstone of economic security in the United States” and “the backbone of economic security” in our country. Despite that ...

Social Security recipients’ monthly checks could be higher than originally thought next year with the cost-of-living ...

What kind of bump can Social Security beneficiaries expect in 2026? A new projection from the Senior Citizen’s League expects a modest one — if indeed the data they’re interpreting is accurate.

Among other changes, the act would increase the benefit for Social Security recipients by $2,400 a year and keep the program fully funded for the next 75 years.

The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits is expected to drop in 2026, intensifying the financial burden on seniors who say that Social Security adjustments are already inadequate.

In January 2025, it projected an unimpressive 2.1% increase. But its February data bumped this up to 2.3%. That would boost the $1,979 average monthly benefit in January 2025 to $2,025 per month.

The COLAs lagged inflation by as much as 1.1 percentage points the other years. Social Security benefits have lost 20% of their buying power since 2010, according to the league.

The Social Security Administration is less than two weeks away from announcing its cost of living adjustment (COLA), the annual bump in recipients’ payments to help them deal with inflation.

The Social Security Administration is less than two weeks away from announcing its cost of living adjustment (COLA), the annual bump in recipients’ payments to help them deal with inflation.