(NEXSTAR) – An advocacy group working to protect the benefits of America’s senior citizens is currently pushing for the Social Security Administration to establish a “minimum” annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the coming years.

The Senior Citizens League, or TSCL, promoted its idea for a minimum annual COLA on Friday, shortly after the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced 2026’s official COLA increase to be 2.8%.

TSCL described 2026's adjustment as only a “meager” increase over 2025’s COLA of 2.5%.

“The 2026 COLA is going to hurt for seniors,” TSCL executive director Shannon Benton was quoted as saying in a Friday press release. “Year after year, they warn that Social Security’s meager increases won’t be enough, and the Census Bureau estimates that about 10 percent of........

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