“FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE”

Where it stands

The full retirement age remains 67 for people born in 1960 or later (42 U.S.C. 416(l)), and benefits rose by a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 (SSA). OMB found that no statutory PAYGO sequester, which would cut Medicare, was required for fiscal year 2026, after Congress reset the scorecards. Public Law 119-21 (section 71201) ends Medicare coverage for some lawfully present non-citizens 18 months after enactment, in January 2027.

What has happened

1. 15 July 2024Promised. Delegates at the Republican National Convention adopt the 2024 platform, which opens with twenty promises
2. 3 November 2025Delivering. The Social Security Administration sets a 2.8% cost-of-living increase in benefits, effective December 2025 evidence
3. 12 November 2025Legislated. Public Law 119-37 sets the balances on both statutory PAYGO scorecards to zero after the session ends evidence
4. 28 January 2026Delivering. OMB's annual PAYGO report finds no debit on either scorecard for fiscal year 2026, so no sequestration order is required evidence

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Every promise in 14. Social Security and Medicare