Social Security Update: 4 Proposals Could Change Benefits for Millions

Lawmakers face an increasingly urgent question over financing benefits as the program faces a funding shortfall.

SSI payments average about $740 a month and go to some 7.4 million low-income senior citizens, people with disabilities and blindness.

Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are spending their final months as senators attempting to protect tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut starting in six years

The September 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in six days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month…

When are SNAP Benefits being paid during September 2026? State by state schedule payment  MARCA

The 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is set for announcement on October 14, 2026, with an estimated increase of 3.4%.