Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively ...

Social Security benefits may rise by just $1 a day in 2026—a modest increase tied to inflation, leaving many retirees ...

The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and ...

Social Security is around 90 years old. And for many decades, the program has been instrumental in helping older Americans ...

On that note, the lastest 2026 COLA forecast comes with good news and bad news. The good news is the forecast trended higher, ...

Social Security checks may rise by just $50 next year, with a projected 2.4% increase—the smallest since 2020. Experts warn ...

Here's the average Social Security benefit for people age 65. Waiting longer to claim benefits, even past retirement age, can ...

In fact, the latest estimates from the Social Security Board of Trustees project that the combined trust funds for the Old ...

If you take Social Security at age 62, you’ll need to consider how to pay for health care until you can sign up for Medicare ...

If you want to do your own calculations, you can check your estimated benefit at different ages with your Social Security ...

The average annual spending for U.S. households of those 75 years and older was $53,481 in 2022, according to the Bureau of ...