Social Security recipients will get a 3.6% bump in benefits in 20272027年，社会保障金领取者的福利金将增加3.6%。
Senior citizens and other Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% boost in their monthly payments in 2027, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. It’s the largest cost of living adjustment since 2023.
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Senior citizens and other Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% boost in their monthly payments in 2027, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. It’s the largest cost of living adjustment since 2023 .
However, many older Americans say the annual adjustments haven’t been enough to cover their ever-rising expenses .
Inflation has ticked up this year amid the ongoing war with Iran, which has sent gas and diesel prices soaring. But Social Security recipients only received a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.
The annual adjustment, known as a COLA, is based on an inflation metric from the third quarter of the prior year. A related metric, the Consumer Price Index, rose 3.7% in September compared with a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday.
In 2023, Social Security beneficiaries saw an 8.7% increase, following the surge in inflation the year before.
Many senior citizens and their advocates have pushed for changes to the COLA to have it better reflect their actual cost of living, though others would like to reduce its generosity to help stabilize Social Security’s finances.
Social Security benefits have lost 13.7% of their buying power over the past decade, according to a recent analysis by The Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group. Put another way, a dollar of benefits in 2016 is only worth 86 cents today.
Payments would have to jump by nearly $296 a month, or about $3,550 annually, to restore their buying power for the average beneficiary, the analysis found.
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美国社会保障署周三宣布，老年人和其他社会保障受益人将在2027年获得每月3.6%的社保金增长。这是自2023年以来最大的生活成本调整幅度。
然而，许多美国老年人表示，每年的调整不足以弥补他们不断上涨的开支。
今年，受伊朗战争持续影响，通货膨胀有所加剧，汽油和柴油价格飙升。但领取社会保障金的人2026年仅获得了2.8%的生活成本调整。
年度调整，即生活成本调整（COLA），是基于上年第三季度的通胀指标。美国劳工统计局周三宣布，一项相关指标——消费者价格指数（CPI）——9月份同比上涨3.7%。
2023年，社会保障受益人的收入增长了8.7%，这是继前一年通货膨胀飙升之后的结果。
许多老年人和他们的支持者一直推动对生活成本调整 (COLA) 进行改革，使其更好地反映他们的实际生活成本，尽管也有人希望减少 COLA 的慷慨程度，以帮助稳定社会保障的财务状况。
据老年人权益倡导组织“老年公民联盟”最近的一项分析显示，过去十年间，社会保障福利的购买力下降了13.7%。换句话说，2016年1美元的福利金，如今只值86美分。
分析发现，要恢复普通受益人的购买力，每月支付金额必须增加近 296 美元，或每年增加约 3550 美元。