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What's new in the numbers

Every changing figure on this site lives in a versioned rule pack with the official source it came from and the date someone opened that source. This page is generated from those packs — not written by hand — so it cannot drift from what the calculators actually use.

Verified rule packs
54
Awaiting publication
15
Sources cited
52

Most recently checked

The date is when someone opened the official document and transcribed the figures — not when the page was last edited.

Rule packs by most recent verification date
PackSourceChecked
ss-payment-schedule-2026Social Security Administration Publication No. 05-10031, January 2026 — Schedule of Social Security Benefit Payments 2026August 3, 2026
va-burial-2026U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans burial allowance and transportation benefits, current rate tablesAugust 3, 2026
cpi-u-seriesBLS Public Data API, series CUUR0000SA0 — CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100). Values cross-checked against the CPI news releases; release dates from the BLS Schedule of Releases for the Consumer Price Index.August 2, 2026
eldercare-costs-2026CareScout (formerly Genworth) Cost of Care Survey 2025, fielded July-November 2025August 2, 2026
enrollment-windows-2026Medicare.gov, "When does Medicare coverage start?" (Initial, General and Special Enrollment Periods); plan windows from Medicare.gov, "Joining a plan" (https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/get-more-coverage/joining-a-plan); Medigap window from Medicare.gov, "Medigap basics" (https://www.medicare.gov/health-drug-plans/medigap/basics)August 2, 2026
funeral-costs-2026National Funeral Directors Association General Price List survey (2023 prices), NFDA Media Center statistics, page data last updated September 29, 2025August 2, 2026
irmaa-2026CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles / 2026 Medicare Part D Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts" (November 14, 2025); the same tables appear in CMS-8091-N, 90 FR 52063 (November 19, 2025) and on Form SSA-44 (12-2025)August 2, 2026
medicare-part-a-2026CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles" (November 14, 2025); cross-checked against MLN Matters MM14279, "Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates: CY 2026 Update" (December 5, 2025)August 2, 2026
medigap-ma-facts-2026Medicare.gov, "Compare Medigap plan benefits" (standardized plan letters, plans closed after January 1 2020, Plan K and L out-of-pocket limits); the Advantage out-of-pocket maximum is from CMS, "CY 2026 MOOP and Cost Sharing Limit Calculations" (https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/cy-2026-moop-and-cost-sharing-limit-calculations.zip), file CSV/MOOP Limits.csv, Table 1 row EAugust 2, 2026
msp-2026Medicare.gov, Medicare Savings Programs — 2026 monthly income and resource limits; Extra Help limits from Medicare.gov drug-cost help; poverty guidelines from HHS ASPEAugust 2, 2026
part-b-premium-2026CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles" (released November 14, 2025); figures identical to the statutory notice CMS-8091-N, 90 FR 52063 (November 19, 2025)August 2, 2026
part-d-2026CMS, "Annual Release of Part D National Average Monthly Bid Amount and Other Part C & D Bid Information" (July 28, 2025) for the national base beneficiary premium; CMS, "Final CY 2026 Part D Redesign Program Instructions" (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/final-cy-2026-part-d-redesign-program-instruction.pdf) for the defined-standard deductible and the annual out-of-pocket thresholdAugust 2, 2026

Scheduled to change next

Each pack carries the date its figures are expected to be superseded. These are the next ones due — usually because an agency publishes on an annual or mid-year cycle.

  • cpi-u-seriesAugust 12, 2026
  • va-burial-2026October 31, 2026
  • va-mapr-2026November 30, 2026

Where the figures come from

  • STATE-MEDICAID37
  • CMS7
  • Social Security Administration3
  • INDUSTRY-SURVEY2
  • VA2
  • BLS1
  • MEDICARE1
  • STATE-SHIP1

What we have not published, and why

15 packs could not be verified against an official source — usually because the agency has not published a current figure, or because its site blocks automated access. Those ship empty and earn no page rather than carrying an estimate, so a missing state here means a missing page, not a wrong number.

  • irmaa-2027-projected
  • medicaid-ltc-ak-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-ar-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-az-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-ca-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-fl-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-nj-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-nm-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-nv-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-oh-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-sc-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-ut-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-vt-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-wv-2026
  • medicaid-ltc-wy-2026

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