Social Security

Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., ripped MSNBC host Joy Reid's dismissal of Social Security insolvency warnings, saying, "Just because someone says it's not true doesn't mean it's not true."

Larger Social Security payments are set to begin this week for millions of retired Americans, who will see an 8.7% cost-of-living bump to their benefits.

Retired Americans are set to receive one of the biggest Social Security increases ever, but the bigger paychecks could push them into a higher tax bracket.

The Social Security Administration on Thursday announced the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits, with recipients receiving a record increase.

The Social Security Administration on Thursday will announce the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits, with recipients expected to see a record increase.

The Senior Citizens League estimated Social Security recipients could receive an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment as inflation erodes retired Americans' buying power.

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2023 could be the largest increase since 1981, but that's not necessarily good news for retired Americans.

Social Security recipients could receive a cost-of-living adjustment of 8.6% in 2023 -- the result of scorching hot inflation that has quickly eroded retirees' purchasing power.

Roaring inflation could result in the largest cost-of-living adjustment in decades for Social Security recipients, who have seen their buying power rapidly diminish this year.

The time frame for Social Security and Medicare to go-broke has been pushed back, helped by a stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group that focuses on issues relating to older Americans, estimated on Wednesday that Social Security recipients have lost 40% of their buying power since the year 2000.

Social Security recipients are poised to receive the biggest cost-of-living raise in over four decades as inflation rapidly erodes the buying power of retired Americans.

Rising prices are squeezing household budgets across the country, but the hottest inflation in four decades has been particularly burdensome for older Americans.

There is good and bad news for older Americans: The Social Security full retirement age increased again in 2022 for some individuals – but it marks the last year that the age will change.

Social Security recipients in 2022 are in line to receive the big payment increase in nearly four decades, reflecting a pandemic-drive inflation surge – but the boost could ultimately deplete the fund a year earlier than expected.

Millions of retirees and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 are set to receive the biggest payment increase in four decades, following a pandemic-driven inflation spike.

The primary Social Security trust fund for retirees will run out of money in 2033, one year earlier than previously estimated, according to an annual report released Tuesday.

Older Americans were more likely to retire during the coronavirus pandemic, which forced millions of workers out of the labor force during its peak.

Social Security beneficiaries might be in for the highest in cost of living adjustment (COLA) in nearly four decades, according to new projections.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, sent a letter to the Treasury Department on Friday inquiring as to why an important report detailing the financial health of two popular programs, Social Security and Medicare, has yet to be released.