Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. This affected Social Security’s costs at a time when the ...

Social Security changes slightly every year, undergoing adjustments that can significantly affect individuals receiving ...

Social Security and Medicare are facing mounting financial challenges, with both programs projected to fall short of paying ...

The Social Security program, a financial lifeline for millions, faces an uncertain future. With demographic shifts and ...

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

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...

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

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

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

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

The Social Security Fairness Act went into effect in Feb 2025 and the SSA has been sending billions in retroactive payments and benefit adjustments to qualifying individuals. The act gets rid of two ...

And that’s what the windfall elimination provision does. When that WEP formula is applied to my Social Security computation, it gives me the roughly 40% return rate rather than the 90% rate ...