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The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times ...
The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.
The Social Security Fairness Act gave one-time retroactive payments to some beneficiaries. Personal income in May dipped for ...
The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a significant shift in Social Security benefits, ...
It's a rocky time for the Social Security Administration. Here's what you should know about what's going on and how to make ...
The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.
Prospective retirees hoping to cash in their Social Security after 2033 may be in for a rude awakening. The 2025 Trustees Report confirmed that the program will only be able to pay 77% of the expected ...
The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.
Married, divorced and widowed workers with pensions from jobs not covered by Social Security have traditionally missed out on spousal benefits, including former-spouse and surviving spousal ...
Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship ...
Social Security is a major source of income for 74M Americans — but how far does the average check go? See average benefits ...
The trust funds that the Social Security Administration relies on to pay millions of U.S. retiree benefits could be depleted ...