If living costs increase, that raise could be rendered useless. Social Security COLAs have a history of disappointing seniors due to a flaw in the way they're calculated. That extra money may not go ...

Employers expect to see health benefits rise by 6.7% in 2026, reaching more than $18,500 per employee on average, according to a new report. Analysts at Mercer estimate that health costs in 2025 ...

Millions of Americans who rely on the nation's largest food program are bracing for uncertainty as the ongoing government shutdown threatens to halt their benefits. Funding for the Supplemental ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) every year. This year's COLA announcement was delayed due to the government shutdown. While retirees should now have a ...

The cost-of-living adjustment will increase benefits by about $56 each month. Social security benefits will rise 2.8% starting in January, amounting to an additional $56 per month for 75 million ...

The Social Security Administration has announced the annual Cost of Living Adjustment affecting Social Security beneficiaries, military retirees and veterans. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The Cost of ...

Retired federal workers will see their defined benefit pension payments increase slightly next year, though by how much depends largely on when they were hired. The Social Security Administration ...

The cost of health benefits per employee could climb an average of 6.5% next year — the highest increase since 2010, according to preliminary results from Mercer’s 2025 National Survey of ...

Employers are preparing for the steepest rise in health benefit costs in more than a decade. According to Mercer's 2025 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, total health benefit costs ...

Employer health benefit plans are expected to soar in cost next year, with employees predicted to see a 6.5 percent increase in their total health benefit costs on average in 2026, a new report by the ...

John Hawkins was formerly a senior economist at Treasury and secretary of the Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy. This month, the Australian government will release its emissions-reduction ...