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title: Social Security
description: Some 67 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. Stay up to date on latest cost-of-living projections, the funding crisis, payment schedules and more.
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# Social Security

Some 67 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. Stay up to date on latest cost-of-living projections, the funding crisis, payment schedules and more.

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## Featured

- [What No One Tells You About Social Security Timing](https://money.com/social-security-timing-secrets/) — Social Security · 4 min read

## All Social Security Articles

- [Why Some Social Security Recipients Will Get 2 Payments in October](https://money.com/two-social-security-ssi-payments-october-2026/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security Scammers Are Using the 2027 COLA Announcement to Promise Bigger Checks](https://money.com/social-security-benefit-increase-scam/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security Recipients Could Get Their Biggest Raise in 3 Years. Here's Why](https://money.com/social-security-2027-cola-latest/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [If You Get Workers’ Comp, Your Social Security Disability Check May Be Smaller Than You Think](https://money.com/workers-compensation-social-security-disability/) — Social Security · 3 min read
- [A Social Security Office Appointment Is Not the Only Way to Handle Some Card and Benefit Tasks](https://money.com/social-security-services-online/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security Appeals Have a 60-Day Clock — and Missing It Can Make a Bad Decision Stick](https://money.com/social-security-appeal-deadline/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [SSA Says Scammers Are Now Sending Fake Social Security Statement Emails — Here’s the Red Flag](https://money.com/fake-social-security-statement-email-scam/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security's 2027 Raise: New Estimate Puts It at 3.6% — Here's What Changed](https://money.com/social-security-2027-raise-what-changed/) — Social Security · 6 min read
- [How One Small Move Before 65 Can Unlock a Bigger Social Security Benefit](https://money.com/social-security-before-65-bigger-benefit/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security Doesn’t Count Every Dollar the Same Way — Why Pensions and Annuities Don’t Build Your Check](https://money.com/social-security-income-calculation/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [SSI Recipients Who Work Have to Report Wages — and the Timing Can Matter More Than They Think](https://money.com/ssi-wage-reporting/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [The Social Security Check You Get After Someone Dies May Have to Go Back](https://money.com/return-social-security-check-after-death/) — Social Security · 3 min read
- [The Social Security Credits Rule: How $7,560 of Work in 2026 Earns a Full Year of Credits](https://money.com/social-security-eligibility-credits/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [The Benefit Verification Letter Retirees May Need Before a Loan or Apartment Application](https://money.com/social-security-benefit-verification-letter/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [This Social Security Bill Could Boost Your Retirement Checks — if It Can Pass Congress](https://money.com/social-security-2100-act-cola-change/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [Social Security Benefits Rose 2.8% in 2026, but There's Still a Maximum to How Much a Household Can Collect](https://money.com/social-security-family-maximum/) — Social Security · 3 min read
- [Your Social Security Number Isn’t 'Suspended' — That Phone Call Is Probably a Scam](https://money.com/social-security-number-scam/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [The Social Security Filing Rule That Killed the Old 'Claim Spousal Now, Mine Later' Strategy](https://money.com/social-security-restricted-application/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Veterans May Have Extra Social Security Wage Credits From Service Before 2002 — Here’s How to Check](https://money.com/social-security-military-wage-credits/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Future Social Security Payments Will Barely Pass the Poverty Line Unless Congress Steps In](https://money.com/social-security-benefits-cuts-2032/) — Social Security · 7 min read

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