As with state and local pensions, so it is likely to be with Medicare and Social Security when their even bigger obligations ...

Social Security benefits are at risk for a "crisis" of cuts in the next decade. Here's what lawmakers say now about ...

Social Security and Medicare are known as third rails of American politics for a reason. Reducing benefits is very unpopular, but higher taxes are divisive, too — and without at least one of those two ...

Social Security's trust funds are projected to be depleted by 2033, at which point retirees would see a significant cut to ...

Until Congress stops sending monthly checks to wealthy seniors, everything else will be on the chopping block.

Although Social Security's 2024 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) should be above average, not all retirees are going to ...

The Social Security cost of living adjustment forecast rose with inflation in August, but seniors are still struggling from ...

Don’t worry, senior citizens. You’ll still get your Social Security checks if the federal government shuts down next week.

To learn how much you’ll receive from Social Security at different times, consider the following: The Social Security Administration sets certain ages for retirement, which indicate how much of your ...

The Hold Harmless Provision is this safeguard. Under this provision, if the annual increase in Medicare Part B premiums is ...

Teachers, firefighters, cops and other public employees are retiring. They need the money they were promised. If half a billion dollars of taxpayers' money gets dropped down a well and nobody ...

If half a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money gets dropped down a well and nobody hears a sound, did taxpayers really lose out? That’s a topical question following this week’s huge bailout ...