Social Security News

      From CBS News : ... There are approximately 10.1 million Black children nationwide, and Census data reveals an alarming 9.6% of the...

      From the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center: Disparities in Social Security claim ages have risen since the early 1990...

     From Tom Margenau’s syndicated column: There is a provision of Social Security law that is rather archaically called the “annual earnin...

From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

     I had posted recently about the problems a widow faced after she reported her husband’s death to Social Security and a Social Securi...

     Half of all baby boomers are now over 62 , making them at least potentially eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.

     From the abstract of How Much Does Motherhood Cost Women in Social Security Benefits? , a study by Matthew S. Rutledge , Alice Zulkar...

     From U.S. News and World Report : Most baby boomers can receive the full amount of Social Security they have earned at age 66. Ho...

     The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing yesterday on Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits: What You Need to Know . A...

     A statement from Social Security Works , a major advocacy group: “Last night, the Republican leadership agreed to release their ...

     The reporting from various media sources last night on the Social Security provisions of the deal between the White House and Congres...

     The Social Security Administration has released the numbers on the operation of its Disability Insurance Trust Fund through the end ...

     I've been looking into the question of what happens if Congress is deadlocked, as it may be, on a fix for the possible exhaustion...

     I find Larry Kotlikoff's pieces on Social Security to be ridiculously sensationalized. I rarely link to them. However, even thoug...

     A recent study reveals four reasons why people start taking Social Security retirement benefits early, passing up the higher monthly ...

     It sounds like it was tough sledding at the Supreme Court for the attorney arguing for Social Security children's benefits for twi...

A press release : Senior Market Sales, Inc. today announced the launch of its new patent-pending Social Security Timing™ software, which he...