Social Security News & COLA

When does my money arrive, how much will it go up, and what's changing in Washington? NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Social Security News is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Social Security Administration, Medicare (CMS) or any government agency. Official sources are linked below. YOUR PAYMENT DATES Tell the app how you are paid (a Wednesday by birth date, the 3rd, or SSI on the 1st) and see your next payment and the year's schedule, with weekends and holidays worked in, and a reminder the evening before. Everything you enter stays on your phone. THE COLA TRACKER Next year's cost-of-living adjustment, worked out as the law does from each month's inflation figures. See your new check, every COLA since 1975, and get notified the day the new one is official. WHEN TO CLAIM Your full retirement age and what claiming at each age from 62 to 70 pays; the earnings limit; your Medicare sign-up window. Estimate your benefit with SSA's formula, and a spouse's or survivor's. THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS The COLA, earnings limits, taxable maximum, SSI amounts, Part B premium, IRMAA thresholds and the trust fund outlook, plus Medicare's enrollment windows with reminders. EXPLAINED Tap a term in a headline (COLA, FRA, IRMAA, Medigap...) for a plain-English explanation, or search over 50. Works offline. THE NEWS Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid news by topic: the COLA, retirement, disability and SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, scams and Washington. Follow topics, with a notification at most once a day each. Stories come only from these publishers, and open on their own sites: National: Reuters, AP, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, Fox News, Fox Business, NPR, PBS, CNBC, MarketWatch, Barron's, Fortune, Forbes, Newsweek, The Hill, Axios, Politico, NewsNation, C-SPAN, The Independent, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Quartz. Money: Yahoo Finance, AOL, The Motley Fool, 24/7 Wall St., Kiplinger, Investopedia, TheStreet, Money, MoneyWise, Money Talks News, ThinkAdvisor, InvestmentNews, 401k Specialist, CPA Practice Advisor, GOBankingRates, SmartAsset. Health: KFF, Medicare Rights Center, Modern Healthcare, Fierce Healthcare, Healthcare Dive, Medical Economics, Healthcare Finance News, STAT, McKnight's, The American Journal of Managed Care. Advocates and policy: AARP, The Senior Citizens League, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Government Executive, Federal News Network, FedWeek, Cato Institute, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Bipartisan Policy Center, Brookings, Urban Institute. States: News From The States, The Center Square, AL.com, cleveland.com, NJ.com, MassLive, Spectrum News, Detroit Free Press, Dallas News, Star Tribune, The Seattle Times, MPR News, Sun Sentinel, Delaware Online. SCAM WARNING SIGNS What the agencies never ask for, and where to report a call that does. OFFICIAL SOURCES Social Security Administration: https://www.ssa.gov/ my Social Security account: https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/ The COLA and this year's figures: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/ Inflation, CPI-W (Bureau of Labor Statistics): https://www.bls.gov/cpi/ Medicare: https://www.medicare.gov/ Medicaid: https://www.medicaid.gov/ The Trustees reports: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/ Report a Social Security scam: https://oig.ssa.gov/report/ Office locator: https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp COLA notices: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/ WHAT IT CAN'T DO Payment dates and estimates are for planning: your my Social Security account at ssa.gov has your own figures, and those are the ones that count. The app cannot see your benefits, apply for anything or contact the agencies for you. The news is written by the publishers it links to, not by us. Free, with a single banner ad. A one-time purchase removes it.

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