When calculating your monthly benefits, Social Security uses a specific formula that takes your 35 highest-paid years of income into account. You can qualify for Social Security with a shorter work ...

The Social Security Administration pays out retirement, survivor and disability benefits to more than 70 million Americans ...

Social Security benefits have always been a crucial part of retirement planning, and Americans rely on their monthly benefit ...

Just as Americans turn 65 in record levels, DOGE unleashes service cuts that could cause delays in benefit payments. With so much confusion resulting from changes to the Social Security ...

Q. I just turned 65, and I haven’t applied for a Social Security benefit yet. My husband applied for his benefits when he retired at age 70. If I apply for a spousal benefit, will I be ...

While the talk about the future of Social Security might be part of the political white noise to people just entering the workforce, for people at the other end, it’s becoming an existential crisis.

Since Social Security is primarily funded by payroll taxes, it takes a certain amount of earnings to be able to get benefits in retirement. To be eligible for Social Security, you'll need to ...

that reduced or eliminated benefits for workers who received a pension for work that was not covered by Social Security. The provisions impacted millions, especially those who worked as teachers ...

As the federal government's Social Security program undergoes major restructuring, many of the the nearly 69 million Americans who receive benefits are especially eager to see their monthly checks.

The Social Security Administration is in crisis, and people’s benefits are at risk. We do not say this lightly. We both served in senior roles at the Social Security Administration — one of us ...

"People generally do not know they are overpaid — you were receiving benefits, assuming that the government was giving you the proper amount," Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works ...

Changes are coming for Social Security that impact benefits and potential quality of service. In California, about 6.3 million people receive Social Security benefits—the most beneficiaries of ...