The Social Security Administration says millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions may have to wait up to a year or longer to reap the benefits of ...

Social Security beneficiaries who stood to see a boost in payouts as the result of a law approved earlier this month may have to wait a little longer than expected for higher payments. Under the ...

Retired Middlebury, Connecticut, school teacher Bill Callahan waited 40 years for Congress to pass a bill to eliminate the reduction in Social Security benefits he receives because he also has a ...

(NEXSTAR) – Over 3.2 million Americans are now eligible for new benefits under the recently passed Social Security Fairness Act, but many of them could be waiting for over a year to see their ...

While choosing the right timing to apply for Social Security retirement benefits can be complicated, the actual process of applying is a lot more straightforward. After deciding when to apply for ...

February has arrived and so has a new set of Social Security Disability Insurance payments. Now that the 2.5% COLA boost has been in effect for a month now, beneficiaries likely know how much ...

A pair of Social Security officials who exposed a pattern of unfair fines directed at disabled and poor older Americans have told their story to the Washington Post and say... Social Security may ...

Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Social Security ...

On Jan. 5, President Joe Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act. That means nearly 3 million public-sector workers with government pensions will receive larger Social Security ...

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Gallup earlier this year reported that 80% of surveyed adults worry Social Security will not be available when they retire. Similarly, Nationwide Retirement Institute reported that 72% of surveyed ...

Just two weeks before leaving the White House, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law on Jan. 5, 2025. This new law repeals two Social Security clawbacks that ...