In 2026, the primary update to benefits will be the annual COLA, which increases payments to keep pace with inflation.

Good news for veterans: VA disability pay will increase with a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026.

This social safety net also stretches to support another group of people: those struggling with mental or physical disabilities. And while the bar for receiving benefits from the Social Security ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...

Based on my past research in this area, I propose to the Trump Administration and Congress the following baker’s dozen reform changes to Disability Insurance (DI) and/or Supplemental Security Income ...

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To receive cash benefits from the Social Security Disability Insurance program and health benefits from Medicare, federal rules require that a worker must have a significant disability that prevents ...

Veterans’ advocates, a top government watchdog and senators in both parties on Wednesday denounced a Washington Post investigation that revealed exaggeration and fraud in the government’s $193 billion ...

The Trump administration is proposing changes to Social Security that could reshape how millions of older Americans qualify for disability benefits, and critics warn it could leave some struggling ...

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