Learn about six important Social Security changes coming in 2026, from COLA adjustments to higher tax limits, and how they ...

Earnings limits, benefit caps, and work credits are all shifting next year—and some changes affect people not even collecting ...

Changes to Social Security are coming next year, and some of the changes happening to the program are not good for retirees. A change to the full retirement age has been in the works for a long time.

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. The purpose of COLAs is to help ...

Social Security is expected to undergo a number of changes in 2026. The program’s maximum benefit should increase, as well as its earnings test limit. Of all of the change anticipated, retirees are no ...

Social Security is entering its 10th decade. The popular federal program began in 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law. Through the years, there have ...

In 2025, a single Social Security work credit is worth $1,810. In 2026, the value of a work credit is rising to $1,890. This ...

More than a half-dozen changes, ranging from the amount beneficiaries receive each month to the payroll tax liability of ...

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Six major Social Security changes are lining up for 2026, and together they will touch virtually every retiree, worker and family that relies on the program. With a potential $200 monthly increase on ...

Changes to Social Security are coming next year, and some of the changes happening to the program are not good for retirees. Social Security has been providing for retirees since the 1930s. Since that ...