How the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often, unfair reductions in ...

In this installment, we’re talking about Social Security benefit options for surviving spouses — in other words, widows and ...

Social Security was put in place nearly 90 years ago to provide a safety net of sorts. There is voluminous research about its effects on those most directly intended to be caught by that net — among ...

If you’re retired or planning to retire soon, it’s important to have a plan for your retirement income. For most people, ...

A good friend of mine, Mr. X, was diagnosed with terminal illness in mid-2022. Unfortunately, he passed away recently. His live-in girlfriend, who has been dating him since 2017, told his family that ...

Each Wednesday in The Point through the election, Katherine Miller highlights a revealing moment from a stump speech on the campaign trail. On Tuesday night in Greensboro, N.C., about an hour into ...

Today, we are smothered in a fake storyline, a fake origin myth for economics. Margaret Thatcher typifies this attitude. You ...

It will become slightly harder to qualify for Social Security benefits in retirement next year amid a change related to the ...

If you go to jail or prison, your Social Security benefits can be affected. If you're incarcerated for more than 30 days, the ...

Even if your spouse is married, you can still tap into your ex’s Social Security benefits – and it won’t take anything away from the ex’s married partner's benefits. If your ex-spouse is deceased, you ...

The Social Security benefit change is a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) based on inflation, and the IRS said their changes target inflation, too. Get the latest news, weather, sports and ...

If approved, benefits can replace approximately 40% of beneficiaries' average income. One in 4 Americans will become disabled by age 67, according to the Social Security Administration. “That means ...