73% worry Social Security won’t pay promised benefits

Working and Collecting a Social Security Benefit? Big Changes Are On the Way in 2025.
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) isn't the only notable change to America's top retirement program in 2025.
When Are December 2024 Social Security Payments Coming?
Anyone born between the 21st and 31st of any month will have their benefits paid on December 27. January payments for SSI and Social Security for those who have been claiming since before July 1997 will be made on December 29 as January 1 is a holiday.
73% of workers worry Social Security won’t be able to pay retirement benefits. Here’s what advisers say.
Gen Xers say they are worried they may not receive their benefits at retirement age if Social Security funds are depleted.
The 2025 Social Security COLA Was Announced Last Month. Here's What That Means for Retirees
But a 2.5% COLA for 2025 stings because it's the smallest one to arrive in years. At the start of 2024, seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase by 3.2%. And the year prior, Social Security recipients got a record-breaking 8.7% COLA. So a raise of just 2.5% seems awfully meager by comparison.
How Social Security Bill Could Change 2025 Benefits
More From Newsweek Vault: Latest Social Security News: 2025 COLA Announcement and Upcoming Changes to Your Benefits If it becomes law, the Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate two provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
81 percent of Gen X worried they won’t get Social Security benefits
The majority of Generation X Americans are worried that they won’t get Social Security benefits paid out once they retire, according to a new survey released Thursday. The new Bankrate poll found that 81 percent of Gen X were concerned that their promised benefits will not be paid once they reach retirement age.
Social Security update: Most people worry they won’t ever see benefits they paid into
A clear majority of United States adults worry that they won’t ever see the Social Security benefits that they paid into. A new survey from Bankrate, conducted in October, polling 2,492 individuals, found that 73% of non-retired adults and 71% of retired adults believed they wouldn’t receive their full Social Security benefits.
73% worry Social Security won’t pay promised benefits: Survey
Most nonretired U.S. adults, 73%, are worried they won’t get their promised Social Security benefits when they retire.
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