The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that it would moderate to 2.1% in 2026.

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to shrink in 2026 and could be the lowest increase seen in a decade. According to a forecast by the Senior Citizens League, the COLA could fall to 2.

In 2025, millions of Americans will see a modest increase in their Social Security checks due to the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). This adjustment, estimated by The Senior Citizens League, reflects changes in inflation and aims to help beneficiaries keep up with rising costs.

February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 15 days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on Jan. 31. SSI payments are given to people living with debilitating disabilities that affect their income,

The U.S. government has clawed back more than $31 million in Social Security payments that improperly went to dead people.

The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.” The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave the Department of Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration ’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of the omnibus appropriations bill in 2021.