The standard Medicare Part B premium will increase to $202.90 per month in 2026, up 9.7% from $185 per month in 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced. Because those ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.7% to 2.8% in 2026, according to new estimates based on government inflation data released Thursday. If that increase goes into effect, it will ...

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 cost-of-living adjustment figure for Social Security benefits typically would have been released Oct. 15 under normal circumstances. But the government shutdown triggered a delay. In 2025, more ...

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 ...

Falling gas prices helped keep overall inflation tame in July; however, a broader array of products got even more expensive last month, showing that President Donald Trump’s expansive tariffs are ...

Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8 percent in 2026 due to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). This increase applies to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ...

Holiday season expenses strain the finances of nearly 74 million people who receive Social Security payments, all waiting anxiously for the expected cost-of-living adjustment for 2026, which for most ...

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 ...