Applying early stunts your benefit for life. The longer you live, the more likely you are to run through your other savings, ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to announce the COLA by Nov. 1, but the data used to calculate it will ...

Here's Precisely How Much Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Could Raise Monthly Payments We don't know ...

This would normally be the most-exciting week of the year for Social Security recipients, but the federal government shutdown ...

The average senior who retired in 1999 has lost nearly $5,000 in Social Security payments as a result of the CPI-W.

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase ...

Because of the government shutdown, Social Security will be late in announcing the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026. The COLA is likely to be larger than last year, but smaller than in other ...

The Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust ...

To reach the maximum Social Security payout you generally need to earn at or above the program's taxable wage cap for 35 ...

Altoona sits in central Pennsylvania like a financial oasis in a desert of high costs. This railroad town has kept its prices on track while other places derailed completely. Your $1,500 monthly ...

Even with a U.S. government shutdown beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 74 million Americans who collect Social Security will continue receiving their monthly checks, although some services could be ...