Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General estimates that about 1,100 people approved for child’s insurance benefits were paid incorrectly after their claims were first denied as not disabled. About $1.2 million of the mistakes were underpayments, money that should have reached disabled beneficiaries and did not. The agency’s own watchdog published the findings on…

Retirees who keep a job often worry that every dollar coming in will shrink their Social Security check. The Social Security Administration (SSA) says the rule is narrower than that. Its earnings test looks only at wages and net self-employment income, so a pension, an annuity or investment income does not lower a retirement benefit.…

Students with disabilities who get Supplemental Security Income and also hold a job will be able to set aside more of their pay next year. The Social Security Administration says the student earned income exclusion rises to $2,500 a month and $10,080 a year in 2027, up from $2,410 a month and $9,730 a year…

The typical disabled worker collecting Social Security is on track for a higher monthly check in 2027. The estimated average for all disabled workers goes from $1,642 to $1,701 a month with January 2027 payments, a gain of $59 that comes from a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment. The numbers come from the Social Security Administration’s 2027…

Social Security’s own estimate shows what a widowed mother with two children can expect when the 2027 cost-of-living raise lands. The average monthly benefit for that family is projected at $4,074 in January 2027, up from $3,932 today. The difference is $142 a month, which matches the 3.6% increase announced this week. The figures come…

Families who receive Social Security on a disabled worker’s record, a spouse and children included, are set to see the estimated average monthly benefit climb from $2,970 to $3,077 starting with January 2027 payments. That is an average gain of $107 a month, and it comes from the annual cost-of-living adjustment. The figures appear in…

A person who gets a $300 Social Security check and also qualifies for Supplemental Security Income is left with $714 in federal SSI under Social Security’s own 2026 example. The agency’s guide, Understanding Supplemental Security Income, 2026 Edition, subtracts $20 from the check and then takes the remaining $280 off the $994 federal rate. Total…

An SSI recipient who earns $317 a month in wages still collects $878 in federal Supplemental Security Income, according to the worked example in Social Security’s own 2026 edition of Understanding Supplemental Security Income. The example uses the 2026 federal rate of $994 a month and shows that only $116 of the $317 is counted…

The 2027 Social Security raise is no longer an estimate. On Wednesday, October 14, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that benefits for 76 million Americans will rise 3.6 percent in 2027. SSA’s announcement post says retirement benefits will go up by about $75 a month on average starting in January. What 3.6 percent does…

Social Security disability insurance does not pay for the first five full months of a disability. Checks generally start in the sixth full month after the date Social Security finds the disability began, and a person who is approved still has to count those five months before the first payment is due. The agency’s page…