Social Security recipients will learn next month how much of an increase they can expect in 2026. Next year’s Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, will be announced around Oct. 15 after the data from ...

Despite the current government shutdown, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will publish September's Consumer Price Index report on October 24 at 8:30 a.m., enabling the Social Security ...

Americans' health insurance premiums are on track to surge next year, due to the imminent expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We won't know how much of a COLA jolt retirees and others receiving Social Security benefits might see next year until the official number is released in October. The highest COLA increase for Social ...

Nearly 74 million Americans rely on Social Security benefits to survive — and for those who do, knowing what the Social Security Administration determines the cost of living adjustment to be for that ...

Social Security retirees are on track to receive a cost-of-living increase next year. Everyone who is collecting Social Security benefits should receive the step-up. The increase is meant to help ...

Many people have their Medicare Part B premium automatically deducted from the Social Security benefits each month. Retirees received the good news in late October that those receiving average Social ...

The Social Security Administration's 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is now in effect, bringing the average retiree’s monthly benefit from $1,959 to about $2,013 — a roughly $55 boost ...

Duke Energy customers in Southwest Ohio have seen gas and electric prices increase by two-thirds in the last five years. Soaring demand for electricity, driven by data centers for the digital economy, ...

The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans’ subsidies. By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger ...