COLA Archives - Page 19 of 22 - The Seniors Trust

Crash Course In Understanding How Social Security Works

What Social Security was supposed to do and what it is doing are vastly different. See why this is important to fixing its financial future.

Are today’s retirees in better financial shape than their predecessors? Let’s examine how Social Security has grown over the years.

Social Security saw its biggest COLA increase in decades but it still falls short of rising inflation. See what can be done to fix this.

Retirees saw a record high Social Security COLA in 2022 and next year could be even higher because of inflation.

Retirees were served a giant COLA, but it’s still not enough. See why we need to change the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.

Inflation keeps increasing. Find out if this means Social Security will adjust its 2022 cost-of-living adjustment.

Some people think retirees are better poised to withstand the impact of inflation than other demographics, but they are still vulnerable.

Retirees received the biggest Social Security COLA in four decades. Find out why that might not be a good thing.

Find out why retirees could receive another super-sized serving of COLA next year and what needs to be done to protect future benefits.

Don’t be surprised if your Social Security benefit check looks different in January than it did in December.