Expect difficulties as the Social Security Administration faces a larger workload and fewer resources. But arming yourself ...

In 2026, the value of a single work credit is $1,890, up from $1,810 in 2025. This means that lower earners or people who ...

Hypothetically, if the U.S. government redeemed this $2.555 trillion and simply returned it to Social Security, the program would lose out on more than $60 billion in estimated annual interest income.

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially closing 10% of the program’s funding gap.

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment is supposed to be a simple promise: benefits keep pace with rising prices.

Learn about six important Social Security changes coming in 2026, from COLA adjustments to higher tax limits, and how they ...

Almost every year since the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, there have been amendments to that original law.

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. The purpose of COLAs is to help ...

Like many people over 60 and thinking seriously about retirement, I’ve been paying closer attention to Social Security, and ...

Earnings limits, benefit caps, and work credits are all shifting next year—and some changes affect people not even collecting ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

Seniors in the South and Midwest tend to rely more on Social Security benefits than those in the West and coastal states.