Reaching retirement age without the necessary 40 Social Security credits can be daunting. However, understanding the system ...

On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...

Social Security has been at the center of a whirlwind of developments this year, and financial advisors are watching closely. Since January, the program has generated headline after headline. Call ...

The Social Security Administration said it will continue issuing paper checks to the retirement program's beneficiaries, backing away from a previously announced plan to switch all payments to ...

Many people have no clue what their Social Security benefits will actually be when they've clocked out of work for the last time — and that's a problem. While these benefits might replace only 40% of ...

The Social Security Administration on Friday announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026, raising monthly payments for nearly 71 million beneficiaries beginning early next year. Processing ...

Nine in 10 working Americans say they plan to ignore one of the most common pieces of financial advice about Social Security: waiting until age 70 to claim benefits, which ensures higher monthly ...

Claiming Social Security at 70 results in boosted benefits. The extra income might work to your advantage in retirement. You may need to keep working to delay your claim, and that could mean missing ...