How Does Your Social Security Benefit Compare to Your State's Average?

In higher-income states, retirees can usually save more and are often entitled to larger Social Security checks. If you're curious, here's a closer look at how the average Social Security benefit ...

Social Security: Payments of Up to $5,181 Coming This Week

Over 70 million people rely on Social Security for essential income, including retirement, disability, and survivor benefits.
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One Social Security mistake that can shrink your lifetime payout

Most people dream about the day they can finally claim Social Security and enjoy the fruits of decades of hard work. It ...
The Free Financial Advisor

Social Security 2026 COLA: Why Your 2.8% Raise Disappeared After Medicare Deductions

A 2.8 percent COLA may not sound dramatic, but it’s still a meaningful adjustment for retirees who rely heavily on Social Security. The COLA is designed to help benefits keep pace with inflation, ...
National Association of Plan Advisors

Healthcare Inflation Could Eclipse Social Security in Retirement

With healthcare costs climbing at more than twice the rate of Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), a new report warns that they could eventually surpass benefits and eat into retirement ...

Social Security benefits will set a record next year, and retirees in these 5 states can expect to see the greatest COLA increases. Here's why

The historic rise is also "laughably misaligned" and "woefully insufficient," according to experts.
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Persistent Retirement Healthcare Inflation Will Drive Costs Higher for Many Expenses on Track to Exceed Social Security Benefits

HealthView Services' 2026 Retirement Healthcare Costs Data Report and Supplemental Data Fact Sheet show healthcare costs rising at more than twice the ...
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Social Security 2026: How the 2.8% COLA Increase Affects Your February Payment

The 2.8% COLA increase is here, but your February payment might not be as high as you think. Discover how Medicare hikes are ...

First Look at Next Year’s Social Security Raise Should Have Seniors Concerned

The COLA is called a raise because it results in a retiree’s monthly benefits check getting bigger. The purpose of it is to ...

First 2027 Social Security COLA forecasts a small bump at 2.5%. But early predictions are often incorrect. Here’s what retirees should watch instead

The Senior Citizens League has released its first forecast for next year’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), projecting a 2.5 ...

First 2027 Social Security COLA forecast is a small bump at 2.5%. Here’s what retirees should watch for instead

The Senior Citizens League has released its first forecast for next year’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), projecting a 2.5 ...

Here's the Maximum Possible Social Security Benefit for Ages 62 Through 70 in 2026

The Social Security Administration publishes maximum benefits for ages 62, 65, 66, 67, and 70 every year, and updates previous years using the annual COLA. I calculated the theoretical maximum ...