SSI recipients will see higher monthly payments in 2026 due to inflation adjustments. Here's what's changing, how COLA works, ...

The SSA pays monthly benefits to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees and people with disabilities.

The SSA will advance SSI payments to December 31, 2025, due to the New Year's Day holiday. This ensures timely access for ...

If you live with a disability, you can receive either SSI or SSDI, though these benefit programs have slightly different qualification criteria. If you’re on SSDI, you can also be eligible for ...

Social Security benefits can stop entirely if you are convicted and imprisoned over 30 days. SSDI and SSI payments pause or ...

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that expanded eligibility for the PA Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) ...

In 2026, you need to earn $1,890 in wages subject to Social Security tax to qualify for a work credit. This is up $80 from 2025. In 2025, you only had to earn $1,810 to earn a credit that counted ...

I can tell it’s time for me to once again explain to people that SSI and Social Security are two entirely different programs. Every single day, I get emails from readers who say something like this: ...

In 2026, some retirees will owe taxes on their Social Security benefits. This is true despite the fact that President Donald ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

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