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 ...

In doing so, income annuities essentially buy time between ages 62 and ages 67 to 70 by providing cash until Social Security payments eventually kick in. Before investing in income annuities, get to ...

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

Qualifying for these benefits is pretty straightforward, but determining whether you'll actually receive them is a little ...

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 ...