Social Security Administration

The Social Security Administration announced its cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries — a figure advocates say fails to address the reality for most seniors.

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The highest adjustment in 40 years amid inflation could hasten the program's future shortfall.

With five charts analyzing the latest figures, separate fact from fiction while Congress keeps failing to enact any comprehensive reform.

A new bill that would boost benefits and fix the program’s long-term solvency appears doomed, even as experts warn of the consequences of further delay.

With class actions up for appeal and a daunting process facing some ex-servicemembers, the Biden administration faces tests of its commitment to equality.

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The Senior Citizens League made its forecast amid inflation fears and as advocates criticize the formula for calculating the annual adjustment.

The policy issues grow more urgent every year, but lawmakers haven’t passed any significant legislation for nearly 4 decades.

It comes as part of “an unprecedented series of extremely low” annual increases, according to an analyst with the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League.

More than 60 million Americans could receive slightly higher benefits next year, according to a nonpartisan advocacy group’s new projection.

Threats to the program are multiplying and the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a reckoning, according to a new analysis.

The president has deferred payroll taxes that fund the program, and says he would eliminate them if elected to a second term.

The program faces big challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic which could deplete the program’s $3-trillion trust fund as early as 2028.

A federal court decision that could be subject to appeal secured Social Security benefits for certain same-sex marriages that hadn't previously been eligible.

Plunging oil prices have all but ruled out the possibility, according to a new report.

Finding the revenue to make up for the shortfall remains a “manageable exercise,” regardless of the as-yet unknown impact of the coronavirus, a Boston College economist says.

People born in 1960 could see a permanent cut in their benefits without action by policymakers, an expert warns.

Proactive measures, like rethinking the index used to assess seniors’ cost of living, may be called for.