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 ...

The Social Security Fairness Act made it possible for many public servants to receive Social Security they'd earned on top of ...

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

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

Alas, we have the system we have for now and it’s on the ropes thanks to demographic pressures and mismanagement of the ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). This change controversially increased ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they ...

Every year, the trustees analyze the current state of Social Security and forecast the future of the program. Changes in the ...

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

The SSA releases a report called the Monthly Statistical Snapshot, which includes information about how much money the ...

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

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