A group of Social Security beneficiaries do not have to wait until 2026 to receive the COLA increase, and can add it to their income this December. MARGARET JOHNSON MARGJOHNSONVA Holiday season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan beneficiaries will see a normal Social Security payment schedule for January 2026, with the first checks expected on Jan.

Trump’s tariffs were expected to pave the way to a larger Social Security COLA in 2026. Benefits are only rising by 2.8%, and much of that could be eaten up by Medicare increases. Delaying Social ...

The 2026 increase is nothing close to the dramatic 8.7% COLA jolt in 2023. But it is better than the increase that beneficiaries saw this year. In 2025, more than 72.5 million people saw a 2.5% COLA ...