Social Security’s Raise Lands Wednesday. Medicare Already Has a Hand in Your Check.
On Wednesday morning the government will announce what it thinks your groceries cost, and then decide how big a raise retirees get for it. Estimates for the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment are sitting around 3.5 percent, up from 2.8 percent this year. The official number lands October 14 alongside the September inflation report, and …