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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

- [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

## All Social Security Articles

- [Social Security Trust Fund to Run Out of Money in 2032, a Year Sooner Than Expected](https://money.com/social-security-insolvency-date-2032/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- ['I Can't Believe How Upset This Made Me': I Earned $175K, and My Social Security Tax Stopped. Why Don't High Earners Pay More?](https://money.com/social-security-tax-limit-high-earners-dont-pay-more/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Millions Face a Tax Shock on Social Security Back Pay. Congress Is Racing to Fix It](https://money.com/social-security-tax-hit/) — Social Security · 6 min read
- [West Virginia Stopped Taxing Social Security. These 8 States Still Do](https://money.com/social-security-state-taxes-2026/) — Social Security · 6 min read
- [Social Security Schedule for 2026: When to Expect Your Benefit Payments](https://money.com/social-security-payment-schedule-2026/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [What's New for Social Security in 2026? These 5 Changes Start in January](https://money.com/social-security-changes/) — Social Security · 7 min read
- [Some Social Security Recipients Will Get Paid Twice This Month](https://money.com/ssi-double-payment-december/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [2026 Social Security COLA: Here's How Much Payments Will Rise Next Year](https://money.com/social-security-cola-2026-announced/) — Social Security · 7 min read
- [Mark Your Calendars: Here's When Social Security Will Announce the 2026 COLA](https://money.com/government-shutdown-delays-social-security-cola/) — Social Security · 6 min read
- [Could the Government Shutdown Delay the Social Security COLA?](https://money.com/cola-announcement-delay-government-shutdown/) — Social Security · 6 min read
- [Why Some Social Security Recipients Will Get 2 Payments in October](https://money.com/social-security-ssi-payments-october-2025/) — Social Security · 3 min read
- [Social Security's Confusing 'Full Retirement Age' May Get a Rebrand](https://money.com/social-security-claiming-age-clarity-act-2025/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [How Big Will the COLA Be? Social Security on Track for Above-Average Raise in 2026](https://money.com/social-security-cola-prediction-2026/) — Social Security · 3 min read
- [New Bill Aims to 'Actually' End Taxes on Social Security](https://money.com/no-tax-on-social-security-bill/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [Social Security to Stop Sending Paper Checks This Month](https://money.com/social-security-ends-paper-checks-sept-30/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Retirees Are 'Terrified' Tariffs Will Cancel Out the Social Security COLA](https://money.com/retiree-fears-tariffs-inflation-cola/) — Social Security · 5 min read
- [Most Workers Expect to Rely on Social Security Income in Retirement. That's Risky](https://money.com/actual-social-security-income-retirement/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Social Security Beneficiaries Could See a 2.7% Bump in Their Checks Next Year](https://money.com/2026-social-security-cola-begins-with-july-inflation-data/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [Why Some Social Security Recipients Will Get 2 SSI Checks in August](https://money.com/ssi-double-payment-august-schedule-explained/) — Social Security · 4 min read
- [1 in 4 Americans Don't Know This Trick for Getting Bigger Social Security Benefits](https://money.com/social-security-benefits-claiming-age/) — Social Security · 6 min read

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