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from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Dual Enrollees Beware: Medicare's 2026 Premium Hike Delivers Bad News for Social Security Budgets

Rising Medicare premiums and cost increases in 2026 risk offsetting the 2.8% Social Security COLA, leaving many retirees with little real income gain.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Retirees face shortfalls despite 2026 Social Security increase

The mismatch stems from the way COLAs are calculated. Currently, the SSA bases annual increases on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), a measure designed around the spending habits of younger, urban workers. An alternative measure, the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) weights housing, health care and utilities more heavily and would have produced a 3.1% increase in 2026 instead of 2.8%, according to Investopedia.
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