The full retirement age for Social Security – the age in which you get 100% of the program's benefits – has risen over recent ...

Ryan Bisher Ryan & Simons explains that it can be difficult to determine eligibility for various Social Security benefits, to ...

The term refers to the extra benefits a wife would get as a spouse on her husband’s Social Security record, or vice versa.

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

What you should do and how you should approach your retirement and health benefits planning before leaving federal service.

Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to ...

Survivors benefits can play a particularly crucial role in helping a senior on Social Security make ends meet after their ...

Staff cuts, stricter repayment rules, and office closures are straining Social Security. Here's how the Elon Musk-led DOGE ...

Income-eligibility rules for specific tax benefits are nothing new; lawmakers use them to limit the number of people who benefit and to control costs. That's especially the case as GOP lawmakers try ...

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

So you should plan for the worst and hope for the best. That means you need to make sure you build up a cash reserve while you wait for your first payment. All of the money you are owed will arrive ...

Deciding on an age to begin taking Social Security is one of the most important choices retirees will need to make. Filing at ...