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Rising Food Costs Are Pushing Older Americans on Fixed Incomes Toward Cheaper Processed Meals as SNAP Rules Tighten

Food prices rose 3 percent this year, while Social Security remained unchanged. Older adults are trading produce for shelf-stable substitutes.

Medical Daily

Baby boomers are collecting 265% of what they paid into Social Security—and millennials are paying the price

"The reality is that Social Security is not a savings program where workers’ payroll tax contributions are saved in an account and used to pay their benefits."

Fortune

MyChart Users Warned: Fake Lab Results and Medicare Offers Are Part of a New Scam

An email saying your lab results are ready can be difficult to ignore, especially when it carries familiar MyChart branding and appears to involve your...

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Why a Roth Conversion Is Wrong for Most People But Often Right for Pension Holders

Retirees with pensions and large tax-deferred accounts often find themselves pushed into permanently higher tax brackets. Here's what you can do about that.

Kiplinger

Houston Genetic Testing Lab Notifies Nearly 310,000 People That Lab Results and Insurance Details Were Exposed

Baylor Genetics is notifying patients after a June network intrusion exposed lab results and insurance data. Here is what recipients should check.

Medical Daily

How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers race to save retirement benefits

Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are spending their final months as senators attempting to protect tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut starting in six years

The Independent UK

Two Couples Have $1 Million Saved. Only One Can Comfortably Retire. Here’s Why.

Two couples each have $1 million tucked away for retirement, yet only one may feel comfortable handing in the keys to the office. That sounds strange at first because a million dollars still looks like a very large pile of money, especially when the goal involves leaving work rather than…

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EPFO credits August pensions early to 4,40,901 pensioners in Keralam Zone amidst Onam celebrations

The Employees' Pension Fund Organisation credited August pensions early for 4,40,901 pensioners. This advance disbursement occurred on August 26, 2026, before the Onam festival. The Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 is usually paid at the month's end. This early release enabled families to celebrate the festival without financial concerns. EPFO aims…

The Economic Times

Could Your Social Security Check Drop by $500 a Month? These States Face the Biggest Losses

A $500 monthly cut would mean finding another $6,000 every year for groceries, utilities, insurance, housing, and healthcare, which is an enormous adjustment for someone...

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What Does the Average American Over 60 Live on Each Month?

Ask how much the average American over 60 lives on each month, and you’ll hear numbers ranging from $2,000 to $8,000 depending on whether someone...

Saving Advice

Social Security 2027 COLA: Official Announcement Date, Prediction Projections and Increase Details

Millions of Social Security recipients will learn their official 2027 COLA on 14 October, with The Senior Citizens League currently projecting a 3.6% increase as inflation remains elevated.

International Business Times UK

Your Wife Handles All the Money — 7 Things You Still Need to Know

When one spouse handles nearly every financial task, life can run beautifully until something interrupts the routine. Bills get paid, investments get monitored, taxes get filed, and somehow the other spouse can go years without knowing where the important financial pieces live. That arrangement can work, but it creates a…

Clever Dude

Rwanda’s national pension fund has helped power the economy, but it faces new challenges

Rwanda is routinely celebrated as a growth miracle on the African continent. The country’s GDP growth averaged 7.4% annually between 2000 and 2023, one of the fastest in Africa.

The Conversation

What Would Break Your Retirement Plan First?

A retirement plan rarely collapses because someone buys one too many cups of coffee. The bigger threats usually arrive quietly: a market downturn early in retirement, an unexpected health expense, inflation that refuses to behave, or a spending habit that looks harmless until it gets multiplied across decades. The uncomfortable…

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In 1980, Social Security gave recipients a 14.3% raise. It came during an extraordinary period of Great US inflation

In 1980, Social Security recipients experienced an unprecedented 14.3% cost-of-living adjustment, a drastic response to soaring inflation that gripped the nation. Benefit adjustments are tied to consumer price fluctuations, which surged significantly during that era. In contrast, recent adjustments have dwindled, with a modest 2.8% expected for 2026, illustrating how…

Bangkok Post

Cabinet to extend social security cover to farm, street, domestic workers

The Labour Ministry will propose an expansion of social security coverage under Section 33 to include agricultural workers, street vendors and domestic workers.

Saving Advice

Social Security Paid $17 Billion in Retroactive Benefits — Here’s Who Got the Money

Imagine checking your bank account and finding thousands of dollars from Social Security that you were previously told you could not receive. That became reality...

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When Is It Finally Okay for Retirees to Stop Saving Money?

Saving money becomes almost automatic after decades of being told to prepare for retirement. Then retirement actually arrives, and a strange question emerges: Are you...

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The “One More Year” Retirement Question: How Much Difference Can Working 12 More Months Really Make?

The “one more year” retirement question sounds simple until that extra year sits directly between a person and the retirement they have pictured for years. Working another 12 months can mean another salary, another round of retirement contributions, another year for investments to grow, and potentially a larger Social Security…

The Economic Times

Social Security COLA 2027: Mark this key date now as millions wait to see how big the COLA increase could be, how much their checks may rise and when higher payments begin

The Social Security COLA 2027 announcement is getting closer. The expected date is October 14, 2026. The current 2027 COLA estimate is 3.6%. That would beat the 2.8% increase for 2026. But the final number still depends on July, August and September CPI-W data. Derived from third-quarter inflation tracking by…

Fortune

Here's how much the $40 trillion national debt is costing you — whether you have student loans, a mortgage or Social Security

Divide $40 trillion by the U.S. population and every American is on the hook for roughly $117,000. The Conference Board modeled several scenarios.

Kiplinger

Late-Start Retirement Catch-Up: Is $1K a Month Enough to Build a Secure Nest Egg?

You don't need to cut the cable to retire comfortably. In this week's Wealth Wise advice column, advisers tell a couple with $300K saved how to catch up.

International Business Times UK

Retirees Could Lose $77,900 Under New COLA Plan: 80% Face Smaller Social Security Raises

A proposed flat-rate COLA could cut Social Security benefits by up to $77,900, impacting retirees and fueling debate over the program's financial future.

Fortune

National debt interest expense has exploded 14% in just 9 months

The huge increase in interest expense has two sources.

Saving Advice

Trump Said He Wouldn’t Cut Social Security. So Why Is Its Financial Outlook Getting Worse?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to protect Social Security rather than cut retirees’ benefits, yet the program’s latest financial report contains some...

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