As the end of the year approaches, experts urge Social Security recipients to review several key details to ensure the next ...

Social Security recipients face several hard deadlines before January 1 that can affect health coverage, monthly benefit ...

As the year 2025 comes to an end, Social Security recipients are urged to complete several key tasks before Dec. 31, from correcting earnings records to updating tax withholding and direct deposit ...

You can claim Social Security starting at age 62. But you won't get your monthly benefits without a reduction unless you wait ...

Starting next week on Tuesday, September 30, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will no longer issue paper checks for benefit payments, and instead move exclusively to electronic payments: ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has outlined a series of upgrades to its services in a letter to Congress, reporting faster payments, shorter wait times and a reduction in its disability ...

October’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in seven days. The October SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on Oct. 1. The ...

Social Security Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano updated Congress Friday on major Fiscal Year 2025 gains, including shorter wait times, 24/7 online access, disability backlog reductions and faster ...

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The first round of September’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will be delivered to the first group of retirees on Sept. 11. Here’s ...

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