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Byline: Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY A recent survey from a global investment firm uncovered a rare point on which Republicans and Democrats seem to agree: America faces a retirement [...]

Byline: Medora Lee, USA TODAY The latest estimate of Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 rose to 3% after the government reported hotter-than-expected inflation in March, new calculations showed Wednesday. [...]

Byline: Medora Lee, USA TODAY Older adults should expect a much smaller cost-of-living raise next year as inflation trends continue to slow. Based on January's consumer price index report on [...]

Byline: Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY Social Security benefits are set to rise by 8.7% next year - the fourth-biggest increase since automatic inflation adjustments were introduced in 1975. This cost-of-living [...]

Byline: Medora Lee, USA TODAY The seniors are not all right. A million more seniors age 65 years and older fell into poverty last year, boosting the percentage in poverty [...]

Byline: Susan Tompor, Columnist, USA TODAY A bigger inflation-boosted Social Security check and, yes, hope for some relief from high prescription-drug costs are on the the horizon. And for many [...]

Byline: Russ Wiles, Columnist, USA TODAY Social Security's trustees issued another somber annual report on Aug. 31 that, as in previous years, warned of the pending depletion of reserves. The [...]

Byline: Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Every month, Social Security divvies out nearly 64 million benefit checks, many of which wind up in the hands of retired workers. More than [...]

Byline: Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool Social Security plays a key role in the financial security of American workers and their families. More than 60million people receive Social Security benefits, [...]

Byline: Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool Social Security provides Americans with the retirement and disability benefits they need in order to make ends meet. Yet the program is going through [...]

Byline: Ken Fisher, Columnist, USA TODAY Will Social Security even exist when you retire? Can you count on it to cover your needs? Folks have asked that for years, most [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson, @Pdavidsonusat, USA TODAY Social Security beneficiaries are projected to receive a 2.2% cost-of-living increase next year, the most since 2011, the trustees who oversee the program said [...]

Byline: Jayne O'Donnell, @JayneODonnell, USA TODAY Medicare and Social Security are looking a bit healthier but have hardly fully recovered and could need dramatic intervention within a few years, a [...]

Byline: Richard Wolf WASHINGTON -- Social Security's annual surplus nearly evaporated in 2009 for the first time in 25 years as the recession led hundreds of thousands of workers to [...]

Byline: Dennis Cauchon Taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made just in the past year for retirement benefits, the national [...]

With 401(k)s and pension funds taking a hit recently, perhaps it should come as no surprise that Social Security is hurting as well. While the program is not invested in [...]