The reason Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) each year is that without ...

Social Security benefits will arguably lose buying power next year because the 2.5% COLA understates inflation.

The 2025 Social Security COLA is 2.5%. That's less than the 3.2% beneficiaries got in 2024 and well under the 8.7% they got ...

The first piece of good news is that beneficiaries will see a 2.5% bump in benefits beginning in January, thanks to the ...

Both provisions would be repealed by the bill, thereby increasing Social Security payments for many. The budgetary effect of ...

SSI, on the other hand, does not require a work history. Will Social Security payments increase in 2025? The Social Security Administration announced in early October that the 2025 cost-of ...

The Social Security program undergoes several important changes every year to keep benefit payments aligned with inflation ...

For 2024, the maximum monthly SSI payment for 2024 is $943 for an individual and $1,415 for a couple. But this is subject to change beginning in December following the SSA's Cost of Living Adjustment ...

While millions of retired Americans will soon see a 2.5% cost of living increase in their Social Security payments, additional Social Security checks might be in the mail for November, thanks to a ...

The House is expected to try to pass a Social Security-related bill this week to ensure benefits for workers who are also ...

The COLA for 2025 is 2.5%, which works out to an average increase of $49 per check. Most recipients will see their first bigger check in January 2025. Changes to Social Security benefits and ...

Tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments. The 2.5% raise is intended to help meet ...