A premium increase for this Medicare Plan is set to eat away at the Social Security COLA in 2026, as Medicare premiums continue rising faster than COLA.

Social Security checks will rise 2.8% in 2026, but higher Medicare premiums mean most retirees will see a smaller net gain.

The $17.90 Medicare premium hike devours two-thirds of Social Security's average $56 monthly increase, continuing the squeeze ...

Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% bump in benefits in 2026, but health care alone may eat up their extra ...

Social Security increase 2026 is officially locked in — and the new payment numbers are bigger than expected. A 2.8% COLA ...

Social Security beneficiaries now know how much their monthly payments will rise in 2026, and the increase is meaningful but ...

Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst, told USA Today: “ The public is likely to perceive this Part B increase as taking a significant chunk of or even most of their ...

The news is in, a week late this year due to the current government shutdown: The expected increase in Social Security ...

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially closing 10% of the program’s funding gap.