Social Security 2026 COLA: 2.8% vs Medicare: 12% INCREASE? Here's the Problem!

🚨 Why Your Social Security COLA Doesn't Keep Up With Reality 🚨 2025 Social Security COLA: 2.5% Medicare Part B increase: 5.9% 2026 Social Security COLA: 2.8% Medicare Part B increase: 12% See the problem? Your "raise" doesn't even cover your Medicare costs! Here's why: The government uses the CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) to calculate your COLA. But here's the catch—urban wage earners and clerical workers aren't the ones on Social Security! This index doesn't reflect the real costs seniors face like healthcare, housing, and prescription drugs. The solution? There's a proposal for a new CPI-E (Consumer Price Index for the Elderly) that would actually track the expenses seniors deal with every day. This would mean your Social Security adjustments would finally match your reality. Do you think the government should switch to CPI-E? Have you felt the squeeze between tiny COLA increases and skyrocketing Medicare costs? Drop your thoughts in the comments below! 👇 #SocialSecurity #COLA #Medicare #Seniors #Retirement #cpim ☎️ Stay in the loop—text 'Insider' to 443-293-0080 & get exclusive benefit updates delivered straight to your phone! ✅ Help finding a Medicare plan is ALWAYS FREE! ➡️ Call (539) 205-2147 for our Medicare partner, Chapter Medicare or, click here: https://askchapter.org/insider ✅ Join our new community for Seniors 55+ - https://www.skool.com/benefitsinsider/about?ref=767393bccd92439299d332bacd1e500d ✅ Get our Complete 2025 Maximize Your Social Security Benefits Guide here: ➡️ https://benefitsinsider.co/social-security-benefits-insider-guide ✅ Never miss an update! Sign up for our Newsletter & become an Insider! ➡️ https://benefitsinsider.co/subscribe ✅ Get 50% OFF an Amazon Prime Membership + use your EBT Card to shop online! ➡️ https://amzn.to/42HGCPj ✅ Add your EBT Card or P-EBT Card on Amazon to buy Groceries - NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: ➡️ https://amzn.to/3OO8k5x Like our content? Buy us a coffee & help support our mission to help seniors and low income Americans! ➡️ https://ko-fi.com/foodstampsnow Unlock exclusive access to over $1,000 in EBT Discounts with our complete download guide (with links)! Get your copy here: ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ https://stan.store/BenefitsInsider ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer Benefits Insider is not a government website or agency. We are not associated with the United States Department of Agriculture, Social Security Administration or any other entity of the U.S. Federal Government. We are a private company that provides information about government assistance benefits. This content is for informational and educational purposes only. Our content is not legal advice. Please consult legal counsel before making any decision with your benefits. The information provided is based on over a decade's worth of experience and research on government benefits. In addition, Benefits Insider is a reader-supported community. In order to continue providing free information, we participate in affiliate programs. This means that some of the links provided may be affiliate links that we earn a commission from - at no additional cost to you. If you need help with Medicare, please contact Medicare, your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), your current Medicare insurance agent/broker/plan, or feel free to contact my Medicare partner, Chapter, at 539-205-2147. Chapter: Memoir, Inc. d/b/a Chapter is a privately-owned, data and technology-enabled advisory that helps older Americans navigate retirement. Insurance agency services are provided by Chapter Advisory, LLC, a licensed health insurance agency and wholly owned subsidiary of Memoir, Inc. In California, Chapter Advisory, LLC does business as Chapter Insurance Services (Lic. No. 6003691). The information on this site has been developed for general informational and educational purposes. Chapter: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your option