The projected 2.7 percent adjustment is unlikely to significantly ease pressure on household budgets, experts have said.

Retirees count on Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments to help them avoid losing buying power. Early projections ...

So far, estimates are calling for a larger Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026 than in 2025. That might ...

The average worker with disabilities can expect a 2.7% COLA to increase their payout by $42.72 per month to about $1,625. As ...

Based on projections, retirees should prepare for a larger increase than in 2025, but it still may not be good enough.

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonprofit organization that advocates for seniors, recently updated its projected 2026 ...

Standard Medicare Part B premiums are expected to rise by 11.6% next year, so much or all of Social Security's projected cost ...

If there's one annual change to Social Security that retirees should be aware of, it's the program's annual cost of living adjustment (COLA). The COLA determines how much Social Security benefits will ...

In June 2025, for example, the average Social Security payment to retired workers was $2,005.05. Going back to the start of ...

While the COLA is designed to help beneficiaries weather inflation, true price increases can — and often do — diminish the ...

The projected 2026 COLA increase is now 2.7%-up from 2.4%, the lowest in years. Here's how the change affects retiree ...

Many Arizona retirees could get a break, as Phoenix-area inflation is running below the next COLA on Social Security payments.