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Find out how much your Social Security check could increase in 2026, with estimated raises broken down by specific ages.

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

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 ...

The first Social Security and Supplemental Security Income checks for 2026 will include a 2.8% boost for about 75 million Americans, thanks to a cost-of-living adjustment. But higher Medicare premiums ...

For elderly Americans suffering through this affordability crisis, every little bit helps. Inflation and tariffs have made everything more expensive, so a boost to your Social Security monthly checks ...

Every Social Security retiree is going to see their monthly benefits increase in 2026. Retirees are on track for a raise because they're getting an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), as they do ...

In March, the U-T Editorial Board wrote that severe staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration — nominally a part of the “Department of Government Efficiency” campaign to reduce spending and ...

Michigan beneficiaries will see a normal Social Security payment schedule for January 2026, with the first checks expected on Jan. 14. The 2026 cost-of-living increase will be applied. Social Security ...

With the arrival of the new year, Social Security payments will get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). An increase of 2.8%, which averages out to $56 per month, kicks in on January payments to those ...

The first Social Security payments of 2026 are set to go out in January, reflecting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of ...

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments will increase by 2.8% in 2026 due to the cost-of-living adjustment. Social Security retirement benefits for January will be paid on Wednesdays ...