Why is the debt slated to keep rising? It's due to the growing costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, according to ...

Older Americans should expect a sharply lower cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in their Social Security benefits next year if inflation ... lower than the four-decade high of 8.7% COLA in 2023.

The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits next year, the first increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten ...

Horror stories of retirees, disabled workers and widows who had no idea they were being overpaid but are being ordered to pay ...

The 2023 Social Security raise is the highest since 1981 and the fourth-largest COLA in the program's history. In the decade ... Medicare participants will pay lower premiums next year.

Payments like Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds ... Prioritizing who comes next is the "big question mark" in the grand scheme of unknowns, said Snyderman of the Bipartisan Policy Center.

You can set up an account in the Social Security website and use their online tool to estimate your benefits based on different inputs for wages and claiming age. Your next step is to start ...

First priority would be principal and interest on the public debt, as well as Social Security and Medicare benefits. Next in line would be bills incurred by the Pentagon and the Department of ...

Medicare eligibility ... of your first Social Security check, 65 could be the perfect time to claim. Yes, you'll still be accepting a reduced benefit, as we'll explain in the next section.

Even with the new spending restraints in the debt limit deal, the U.S. government’s deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decades.

Many congressional Republicans support what they see as a logical way to keep key parts of the federal government running if it hits the current debt limit before there is an agreement to raise it ...