The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced benefits for certain workers, but its repeal by the Social Security Fairness Act could change how you plan for retirement.

Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship benefits.

Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, and public employees are receiving long-delayed benefits after a major policy ...

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

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

The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

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

Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act.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 ...

The way to avoid the so-called windfall in the Windfall Elimination Provision was to calculate benefits in a way that would presume a public servant’s pension fund was sufficient. Unfortunately, ...