The roughly 70 million people who receive Social Security payments will soon learn how much they'll receive in their 2025 benefit checks, with the program's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be announced within days. Each fall, the Social Security Administration sets its annual COL...
The Social Security Administration announced Thursday that the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 will be 2.5%. Abbreviated COLA, the annual adjustment helps the payments for more than 72 million Americans, the vast majority of them retired, keep pace with rising prices. Because ...
“Social Security benefits and SSI payments will increase in 2025, helping tens of millions of people keep up with expenses even as inflation has started to cool,” Martin O’Malley, commissioner of Social Security, said in anews release. ...
Congress did approve a measure to reduce overpayments by giving Social Security more timely access to payroll data. But eight years later, the agency still hasn't put the new system in place.
Retirees will see a major increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments.
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“The bottom line is Social Security payments still go out even during a government shutdown,” he said, noting that disability payments will also continue being disbursed. The agency’s field offices and call center will also remain open for assistance. Activities that will continue include a...