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Delaying Social Security Leads to Bigger Benefits Payments. 3 Ways to Help Make It Happen
With that as the backdrop, here's a look at three things you can do to help yourself delay claiming Social Security's ...
How to Navigate the Maze of Estimating Your Future Social Security Benefits
Learn how to easily estimate your Social Security benefits using the official SSA tool, and understand how work history and ...
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Social Security makes major decision for beneficiaries who receive paper checks
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will end the practice of paper checks being issued ...
Social Security COLA for 2026 and Beyond: What Seniors Want
Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively ...
First round of August Social Security payments issued in 18 days
The first round of August Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...
Social Security Administration backtracks on decision to end paper checks, reports say
The Social Security Administration will continue to send some paper checks to beneficiaries of the retirement program, ...
Young people always worry about Social Security. Older people are joining them.
Younger Americans tend to worry more about Social Security than older Americans. In the new AARP survey, 25% of people ages ...
Social Security retreats from plan to eliminate paper checks for beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration had planned to eliminate all paper checks by Sept. 30. Now the agency says it will ...
Social Security Administration quietly corrects blog on taxation of benefits — but confusion persists
The Social Security Administration quietly corrected a blog post that had asserted that the recent federal budget bill ...
Social Security Garnishment Began on July 24 for Potentially 1,000,000-Plus Beneficiaries -- Here's How You Can Legally Avoid or Reduce It
President Donald Trump's administration has begun garnishing Social Security benefits for those who've been overpaid.
Social Security agrees to customer-service audit after Elizabeth Warren meets with commissioner
The Social Security Administration has come under fire for AI phone glitches, long call times and website outages.
A Risky Plan for Social Security
A ‘sovereign wealth fund’ won’t fill the funding gap and may actually make the problem worse.