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

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 ...

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

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

Human Rights Watch (HRW) commended Oman's new Social Protection Law, as 'a step in the right direction' on Wednesday. The law, introduced under the name of Haitham Al Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Social Security rules aim to make it so benefits reward all workers equally. There's growing support in Congress to revisit ...

The Social Security Administration recently announced several key changes to the program for 2025. Here's what you need to ...

The Social Security Administration made an important announcement on Oct. 10 that will affect every retiree receiving ...

Now let’s talk about getting any Social Security widow’s benefits that will be due. Because you said his benefit is more than yours, after he dies, your benefit will be bumped up to whatever ...

Despite Social Security's wide reach, a small but vulnerable group of elderly Americans never receives its benefits.