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Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8% beginning in 2026. The annual COLA is calculated using changes in CPI-W data from the third quarter each year. Social Security recipients have been ...

Every Social Security beneficiary will receive a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026. The maximum Social Security benefit will also increase next year. We're only weeks away from the beginning of ...

A higher Medicare premium set to go into effect in 2026 will push the monthly charge above $200 for the first time, with the increase likely to erode next year's cost-of-living increase for millions ...

Claiming Social Security at 62 will reduce your monthly retirement benefit by up to 30% and your spousal benefit by up to 35%. If you're still working, you could lose more benefits to the earnings ...

Social Security payments will increase 2.8% in 2026 as a result of an annual cost-of-living adjustment. Much of the Social Security COLA will be absorbed by Medicare premium and deductible increases.