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[Fifi1]

I just logged into my account, the notice was sent to me 11/26, in SSA account, 
my insurance went up, and the slight 2.8% increase makes it pretty even to what monthly payments have been. 

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@nascarfan    I tried to call yesterday and was on hold forever.  Tried again, was on hold and got disconnected.  Will have to spend the week trying to get a human being.

Went online to make an appointment at the local (30 miles from me).  Answered a bunch of questions to see if actually need an appointment. It didn't hive me a option for appt.  Evidently, it deemed I don't need one. 

Yes, I'm complaining.  My dealings with SS in the past were not this much rigamarole.   Didn't take forever to speak with someone and when my husband died I called and made an appointment right off the bat.

You can't get rid of a big chunk of the workforce and have things run like it did.

If I made an account I never looked at the stupid thing, ever.  I had no need to.

Again, if I don't link to Login.gov what are they going to do to me.

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[Scorpio1971]

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@walkingal wrote:

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@coconut1818 wrote:

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@Scorpio1971 wrote:

I just received mine in today's mail delivery.  Don't be surprised at the increase...errrrr should I say lack of decent increase.  My net increase is $44.  Big whopping $44.

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Mine is a whopping $26.00. Medicare costs went from $185 to 202.90, an increase of $17.90. Net monthly increase for me is $8.10. What should I buy?!? Two pounds of ground beef? Oops, won't cover it. 

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@coconut1818 @Scorpio1971  The COLA increase is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2024 through the third quarter of 2025, Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 2.8 percent COLA for 2026.  

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@walkingal yes I know how it's calculated & what it's based upon.  Thank you for clarifying in case others are not aware.  It does not unfortunately reflect our current cost of living now due to current inflation & tariffs we have been hit with & must live with for next 3 years.  So we all must pay even more out of our checks now for basically most items we need until tariffs are removed.

[tansy]

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:

@nascarfan    I tried to call yesterday and was on hold forever.  Tried again, was on hold and got disconnected.  Will have to spend the week trying to get a human being.

Went online to make an appointment at the local (30 miles from me).  Answered a bunch of questions to see if actually need an appointment. It didn't hive me a option for appt.  Evidently, it deemed I don't need one. 

Yes, I'm complaining.  My dealings with SS in the past were not this much rigamarole.   Didn't take forever to speak with someone and when my husband died I called and made an appointment right off the bat.

You can't get rid of a big chunk of the workforce and have things run like it did.

If I made an account I never looked at the stupid thing, ever.  I had no need to.

Again, if I don't link to Login.gov what are they going to do to me.

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A lot of the government worked very well until a chainsaw was haphazardly taken to it.

I mentioned before that you will get an option to keep your place in line if you leave your number. I could not be seen in person either

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@tansy   I know, it is one giant FUBAR.

[Carolina925]

I opted to get notices from them online so don't get anything in the mail (our USPS leaves much to be desired and sometimes I go an entire week without even junk mail), but got the notice on Friday that it was available. I accessed it this morning. As mentioned, it's not a lot but I'll take any crumbs they want to send my way.

[MaverDaver]

@walkingal  Such short memories we have or perhaps choose to conveniently forget about the previous 4 yrs.

[frenchie]

We got our notice Saturday. We net $50 increase between the two of us. Not bad.

[I am still oxox]

I just checked on line and it says the following 

2.8% Cost of Living Adjustment

I am can recall if we got paper nofification or not 

[remi77]

I went to the Soc. Sec. website and logged in, the notice is there, but unfortunately my medicare payment went up as well, (happens every year!!!) so i'm not getting as much as I thought!!!! but every little bit helps, I guess!