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More than 1.9 million Georgians are due to receive Social Security payments this month. Here's when to expect July payments.
Since Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took effective control of the Social Security Administration, the agency that services the needs of the Americans who have paid into it ...
Last year, the Social Security Trustees projected that the program’s combined trust funds could be out of money by 2035. In their most recent report, they moved that timeline up a year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security ‘s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed ...
According to Pew, in 2022, Social Security made up at least half of total personal income for 38.3 million people, or 63.2% of adult recipients. For 26.5 million people – 43.6% of recipients ...
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has predicted that Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent, up from April's prediction of 2.4 percent. While May's prediction ...
But people who don’t claim Social Security by 70 aren’t signed up automatically. And if you opt not to take your benefits because you don’t need the money, no one is going to force you to ...
Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be 2.5%, analysts said Wednesday, the same increase as this year, as consumer prices inched slightly higher in May but did not ...
There are three key reasons for the uptick, according to a Social Security official: The start of the peak 65 baby boom, a massive surge of Americans turning 65 years old Implementation of the Social ...
The latest Trustees Report estimates the Social Security trust fund for retirement benefits will drop to $0 by 2033. At that point, the incoming funds will only support about 79% of benefits due.
Social Security tends to be the subject of rumors. You might read on the internet that the program is going bankrupt, or that it’s stealing money from the government or vice versa. Another big ...