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The Social Security Board of Trustees Just Updated Its 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast. Here's How Much Your Benefits Could Increase.
Social Security COLA is based on inflation during July, August, and September. The Board of Trustees files a report with ...
Claiming Social Security at 62: How much you'll actually receive and what it costs you
When you've spent four decades or more in the workforce, it's understandable to be drawn to the idea of claiming those ...
Your Social Security Payments Could Be Cut in Half—Here’s Why
Starting in August, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will claw back overpayments, potentially reducing recipients’ ...
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What’s really going on with Social Security? Here’s what the latest numbers say
The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency said it is temporarily reassigning about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to work on the ...
What Happens to Your Social Security When You Die?
Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship ...
Social Security Warning Issued as Agency Moves 1,000 Staffers
The Social Security Administration reassigned about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to its national ...