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The News 8 On Your Side team is getting a lot of questions about an email that looks like it's from the Social Security Administration.When it comes to your Social Security number or benefits, it ...
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.
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.
Older Americans are allowed to sign up for Social Security starting at age 62. It's for this reason that cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are so important to Social Security recipients.
The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security could be 2.5% in 2026, based on the latest inflation data, new estimates show. That's up from last month's estimate of 2.4%, said Mary Johnson, an ...
And although Social Security payments are called "entitlements," Armstrong notes that they are earned. "We all paid into those things. In my case, 42 years now," he says.
The Social Security Administration revised — again — its policy for clawing back overpayments in benefits, this time saying it would deduct 50% of benefit checks until an overpayment is ...
Social Security beneficiaries may see a 2.5% increase to their monthly checks in 2026, based on new government inflation data released Wednesday. Those estimates may be subject to change, ...
You may already know the average monthly Social Security retirement benefit currently stands at $1,976. What you might not fully appreciate, however, is just how wide the range of this average's ...
Now that I've discussed two possible changes, let's step back and look at the big picture. There are basically three ways to resolve Social Security's financial problems: (1) increase revenue, (2 ...
June 7 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access personal Social Security Administration data. On Friday, the ...
Social security check recipients, who fall under this category, should receive their first check by June 11. If your birthdate is between the 11th and 20th of the month, your payments arrive on ...