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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 ...
‘Today is my 61st birthday’: I have my ex-spouse’s Social Security benefits. Should I retire at 65 and travel?
If you can keep working while looking after your health, do it. You get 100% of your Social Security benefit at full ...
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 ...
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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Social Security is pulling workers from its field offices to man the growing number of calls at its 1-800 number
Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Social Security Administration prompting the agency to use a temporary solution ...
New plan proposed to save Social Security
The bipartisan proposal would establish a new funding model for Social Security, which its sponsors say could help save the ...