US federal agency that administers Social Security retirement, disability, and survivor benefits and manages related programs like benefit eligibility ages.
Medicare open enrollment runs through Dec. 7 for coverage that starts Jan. 1, with the Part D out-of-pocket cap rising to $2,400 from $2,100. A 3.6% Social Security raise worth about $75 a month starts in the same year, so enrollees can weigh the new cap against it.
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Social Security will raise benefits 3.6% in 2027 for more than 75 million Americans, the largest increase in four years. Advocates say it will not restore purchasing power already lost, and one group backs two bills to change the index.
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Social Security's 3.6% COLA for January 2027 adds an average $75 a month for nearly 72 million people and trails 3.7% CPI-U inflation. Advisors quoted by American Banker see an opening to review retirement income plans, with healthcare-heavy budgets the most exposed.
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Donald Trump's $5,000 'Trump Dividend' would cost about $1.2 trillion and needs Congress to pass it after a Republican sweep on Nov. 3. The $90 Medicare rebates due around Oct. 8 come from a fund that already holds the money, so only one of the two checks is paid for.
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Treasury's temporary rules let it open Trump Accounts for up to 60 million eligible children on its own, starting Oct. 1. Employers and donors deciding on contributions this quarter are now sizing them against a wider group of accounts.
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Congress has passed a bill requiring the Social Security Administration to call age 62 the "minimum monthly benefit age." Ages and payouts stay put, so the bill tests whether one word can move workers who mostly know already that waiting pays more.
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AARP and the Senior Citizens League project a 2027 Social Security raise of 3.5% to 3.6%, the largest since 2023, with diesel above $6.50 among the drivers. It repays prices already recorded through September, and how far it stretches in 2027 turns on tariffs and chips as much as fuel.
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Blumenthal's whistleblower has work starting June 15, stopping June 25 and restarting July 29, which leaves 58 usable days inside a three-month window, plus a design where one bad scan holds a whole batch.
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CBO has net federal interest passing $1 trillion in 2026 and reaching $2.1 trillion by 2036, which is the arithmetic that decides how much room Congress has to close the 2032 shortfall without touching payroll taxes or benefit formulas.
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