Why Social Security's next cost-of-living hike could hurt seniors
The 2024 inflation adjustment won't be as large as last year's hike. That means some older Americans could lose ground.
The 2024 inflation adjustment won't be as large as last year's hike. That means some older Americans could lose ground.
Seniors and other recipients are getting the biggest bump since 1981. But tax and Medicare issues may complicate things.
Americans "have to change their thinking" about the government benefits program to get the most out of it, one expert says.
People can now change their sex marker on their Social Security number record without sex designation documentation.
With inflation forcing many seniors to cut back on food and medicine, annual cost-of-living hike will boost their income.
For the first time in a decade, seniors will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare's Part B plan.
Annual cost-of-living bump could be biggest since 1981, but may be smaller than many had hoped amid stubbornly high inflation.
Consumer prices are cooling but remain near 40-year highs, leading experts to predict a big benefits bump in January.
Seniors are on track for the biggest cost-of-living adjustment in four decades, according to a new analysis.
Some lawmakers want to revise the retirement program to shore up its funding and boost benefits for its 69 million recipients.
A cost-of-living adjustment of 8% would be the highest for Social Security beneficiaries since 1981.
The Social Security Administration has announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for 2021.
The Federal Trade Commission says the biggest scam right now has con artists posing as the Social Security Administration.
For the second year in a row, US seniors will see increases in their Social Security checks starting in January.
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Police arrested a man accused of threatening to blow up federal offices in Panama City.
Florida is touting the new jobs it created Friday after a positive unemployment report. But based on numbers from all W-2's filed in the country, the wages simply aren't keeping up.
Seniors are about to see something they haven't seen in two years – a raise.
The blaze occurred in the early hours of Saturday in Little Havana.
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
The strike late Friday hit a residential building in the western Tel Sultan neighborhood of the city of Rafah, according to Gaza's civil defense.
Maps show where weed and marijuana products are legal for recreational and medical use in the United States.
Following a midweek Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for Miami, the team is back at FIU Soccer Stadium to face Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday.
The blaze occurred in the early hours of Saturday in Little Havana.
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
Maps show where weed and marijuana products are legal for recreational and medical use in the United States.
Following a midweek Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for Miami, the team is back at FIU Soccer Stadium to face Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, has been encouraging people to "take matters into your own hands" against pro-Palestinian protesters.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
It's Back-To-School and that also means back to the lunch room, as breakfast and lunch are free to all Miami-Dade public school students again this year.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, has been encouraging people to "take matters into your own hands" against pro-Palestinian protesters.
The New York attorney general filed the state's opposition to the company providing Donald Trump's $175 million bond, posted while his appeal is pending.
A person self-immolated at a park across from the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial is taking place.
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump's New York trial came to a close on Friday, part of a flurry of activity that marked the end of a dizzying first week.
Two U.S. officials tell CBS News an Israeli missile has hit Iran in apparent retaliation for the recent drone and missile attack on the Jewish state.
Jim DeFede talks to the CEO of Trulieve, the cannabis company that spent $40 million to gather the signatures to get the measure on the ballot.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with the political and community activist and former rap superstar, who talks about making a run for the Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's seat.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede speaks to attorneys about Rundle's tenure as Miami-Dade State Attorney.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede talks to State Senator Lauren Book about what the Florida Supreme Court has to say about the subject.
Jim DeFede speaks with the head of Florida Decides Healthcare, who is working to get a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid on the ballot in 2026.
The CDC estimates the U.S. could reach 300 measles cases in 2024 — more than the recent peak two years ago.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Organic option is best when buying certain produce, especially blueberries, nonprofit group says in analysis of chemical residues.
The $872 million most likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom.
George Schappell and sister Lori, of Reading, Pa., were the world's oldest conjoined twins, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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One consumer reported suffering a dental injury after eating Trader Joe's Chicken, Lentil & Caramelized Onion Pilaf product.
The company will keep its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, but the United Steelworkers union voiced opposition to the deal.
For customers of SmileDirectClub, they were greeted with a message that they had shut down when logging on to its website.
CBP officials say the individually wrapped pink packages have an estimated resale value of more than $19,000.
Taylor Swift broke her own records, Spotify said, and now owns the record for the top three most-streamed albums in a single day.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight EDT. But it turned out it's actually a double album.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
The singers first dated in 2003 and delighted fans when they rekindled their relationship in 2023.