The 2026 increase is nothing close to the dramatic 8.7% COLA jolt in 2023. But it is better than the increase that beneficiaries saw this year. In 2025, more than 72.5 million people saw a 2.5% COLA hike for their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits.

Nearly 7.5 million people were to get a New Year’s Eve payment yesterday, as the Social Security Administration began its 2026 benefits schedule.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicts households could see $1,000-$2,000 refunds in the upcoming tax season following President Trump's tax cut provisions.

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a non-partisan advocacy group, started a pressure campaign back in October to push Congress to assist those receiving Social Security with supplementary stimulus money. Since then, inflation has increased more than two ...

The IRS has distributed millions of direct payments as part of the $1.9 trillion signed by President Joe Biden. But many recipients of Social Security have complained that they have not been among the first to receive the $1,400 stimulus checks. On ...

Earlier this week, a key House committee asked the IRS and Social Security Administration to explain why the $1,400 stimulus checks from the American Rescue Plan have been slow to get out to people on Social Security and other government programs.

Millions of Americans on Social Security, SSI, SSDI, and Railroad Retirement benefits automatically received COVID-19 stimulus payments during the pandemic. The Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) were designed to give fast financial relief without requiring ...

Four years ago, Barack Obama promised to reform one of governments biggest entitlement programs. He said the Social Security Administration was guilty of "unconscionable delays" in reviewing and deciding benefit claims. Obama said his administration would ...