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The Social Security Administration’s 2026 benefits-distribution calendar features a run of ahead-of-schedule payments.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has released its payment schedule for January 2026, including special timing for ...

Those who get Supplemental Security Income benefits got a check on Dec. 1 and will get another on Dec. 31, for January 2026.

Nearly 7.5 million people were to get a New Year’s Eve payment yesterday, as the Social Security Administration began its ...

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

The 2026 increase is nothing close to the dramatic 8.7% COLA jolt in 2023. But it is better than the increase that ...

See the complete 2026 Social Security payment schedule, month by month. Learn how birthdates, SSI rules, and potential ...

Social Security changes in 2026 include a cost-of-living increase and an increase in the maximum benefit recipients can get.

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of payments will be sent on the second Wednesday of the ...

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 ...

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: ...