When it comes to claiming Social Security benefits, the general retirement planning advice is to wait as long as possible to ...

With Social Security trust funds estimated to run out in less than a decade, some Americans wonder if Congress will step in ...

The long-term outlook for the Social Security trust funds has declined slightly, the latest annual report from the program’s ...

The Social Security Fairness Act removed restrictions on benefits for people with government pensions. If you're one of them, ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed by former President Joe Biden in January, increased benefits for many seniors in the United States. But what if you haven't received your increase?

During his final days in office, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, which increased the federal retirement benefits of 3.2 million U.S. seniors. If you're among them, you ...

Social Security officials have asked Americans to wait until April to ask about any retroactive payments. As of March 28, the agency had processed about 75% of the adjustments, or about 2.3 ...

As a result, about 3.2 million people who worked as police officers, firefighters, teachers, and in other public service roles will now get larger Social Security payments.

More than 26,000 people in Connecticut will get a lump sum of benefits dating back to January 2024. The average retroactive benefit in Connecticut is about $7,500, totaling around $196 million.

Of course, even with these actions, you may not end up getting $4,000 a month from Social Security during retirement. But you might as well try to get as large a monthly benefit as you can snag.

"This was a long overdue step. Now we must save Social Security from insolvency in nine years for every American.” The 1980s-era Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset ...