An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety ...

Key Points Filing for Social Security early will mean reducing your monthly benefits for life. You could be looking at a 30% ...

Agency officials discussed the rise in Social Security claims in an internal meeting, which wound up on YouTube.

Retirees are paying the agency $100 for certified earnings records because "they're afraid of our systems going down." ...

Christine Banner planned to wait until her full retirement age of 67 to apply for Social Security benefits. But the changes underway at the Social Security Administration, combined with an erratic ...

Claiming Social Security at 62 will reduce your monthly benefits for life. You might actually come out a winner financially by filing early. There are different things getting the money early ...

One of the nice things about Social Security is that you get a choice as to when to take benefits. Once you turn 62, you can pretty much sign up at any age. But there's a reason Social Security ...

But if you don't end up living a very long life, suddenly, an early Social Security claim pays off a lot more and a late claim pays off a lot less. So you may want to consider filing for benefits ...