Social Security

The median amount that retirement savers have accumulated in each state varies by nearly $100,000.

If you’re married, it’s worth considering how tapping Social Security early (before your full retirement age) could hurt your spousal benefits.

While Social Security rules can be complicated, the bottom line is that a recipient’s benefits stop at death.

Spousal benefits are an aspect of Social Security that can be confusing, especially when someone is claiming their own retirement benefits early.

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Younger generations don’t have a lot of faith that Social Security will be available to them when they retire. 

Here are some key things to know about what happens when a Social Security recipient passes away.

Experts argue that leveling out Social Security benefits would ultimately provide more for people who live below the poverty line.

Democrats want to increase Social Security benefits and restore the program’s solvency. Here’s how lawmakers’ plans could shape future benefits.

Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences for older people

The act of kindness can be priceless. But for Derlin Newey, a pizza delivery driver from Roy, Utah, it was actually worth $12,069.

The Social Security Administration won’t announce its next annual cost-of-living adjustment until October, but there is a reliable way to predict the number ahead of time.  The Senior Citizens League is a nonpartisan advocacy group for older Americans and has a history of accurately forecasting the annual change. The group estimates that the Social Security COLA for 2021 could...

As employees of small businesses get their first September paychecks, they’re probably receiving their usual amount _ company owners are still withholding money for Social Security despite a presidential order allowing the tax to be deferred.

President Donald Trump’s proposed payroll tax cut is a threat to Social Security no matter how he casts it

The effects of the coronavirus may reduce Social Security payments for millions soon eligible to retire. A Connecticut congressman has been leading the charge to change this. Your Social Security payments have been determined in part by a formula that includes your earnings at age 60, two years before you’re eligible.  Connecticut Congressman John Larson said for people turning 60…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials in New Hampshire are urging all residents to be vigilant and to protect themselves against scammers. In the last few weeks, scammers have been ramping up their efforts to gain access to the personal information of older adults across the country, including in New Hampshire, according to Attorney General Gordon MacDonald. Some of the scams…

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders sparred one-on-one in a Democratic debate held in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mike Bloomberg released plans to shore up Americans’ retirement on Sunday, promising to increase Social Security retirement benefits and create a government-backed savings plan for workers at all income levels.

President Donald Trump has publicly vowed to protect Social Security. Yet advocates for the program fear that his just released budget proposal would hit individuals hard when it comes to disability benefits, as it includes cuts to the tune of $71 billion, according to one congressional estimate.