The Social Security landscape in the United States is undergoing significant changes, impacting millions of beneficiaries.

Your job type and recent policy changes could boost your Social Security benefits. Working past Full Retirement Age and ...

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security ...

Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2022. The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025, repealing the WEP and GPO. By Hannah Sammut. There were ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). This change controversially increased ...

Though SSA is helping some affected beneficiaries now, under SSA’s current budget, SSA expects that it could take more than one year to adjust benefits and pay all retroactive benefits.” ...

Many people are used to working, paying taxes on their income, and collecting Social Security in retirement. But it used to ...

Although Congress has yet to act, it is well known that Social Security's rainy-day funds will soon run dry, and revenue from ...

Now, more than 40 years after WEP was enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act has rolled it back. With bipartisan support, the act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025.

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously ... December 2023 was the last month the WEP and GPO applied, according to the SSA.

The key to understanding WEP is to realize that the word “social” in Social Security means something. Unlike private and other public sector pension plans, there are social goals built into ...