Social Security News

      A notice addressed to Social Security advocates: Expanded Support for Customers Seeking Survivor Benefits Date:  Tuesday, July 28, 20...

     From a recent report by Social Security’s Office of Inspector General: The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program provide...

      From 19th News: Kathy Quitno-Bolt was still numb when she started calling Social Security days after her husband’s sudden death in Jul...

      From Newsweek: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent lette...

      From CNBC : Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Wed...

      From National Public Radio : ... Roughly 10% of foster youth in the U.S. are entitled to Social Security benefits, either because the...

     From the Home School Legal Defense Association: After 40 years in the workforce, James Blume began collecting well-earned Social S...

     From the Columbus Dispatch : People with developmental or intellectual disabilities often face the prospect of losing a portion ...

    Tom Margenau has written a syndicated column giving advice on dealing with Social Security. Mostly I agree with him but the column is...

     There's a new POMS (Program Operations Manual Series) issuance from Social Security updating the agency's policies on ch...

     According to a study by Social Security's Office of Chief Actuary , the chances of living to full retirement age without becoming...

     When I train new attorneys at my firm in Social Security law, I always emphasize the need to be on the outlook for men entitled to wi...

     From the Virginian-Pilot : Widows and widowers who were shortchanged on Social Security benefits by an estimated $131.8 million wo...

      From MacNeil v. Berryhill (CA2) decided on August 24, 2017: ... Sharon MacNeil (“MacNeil”) brought suit ... challenging a decisio...

     The New York Times reports on the "rude shocks" that Social Security can provide for widows.

          From a survey conducted by Greenwald and Associates for the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) in June 2014:

    Laurence Kotlikoff has a list of what he calls "awful inequities" in Social Security that outrage him. And he doesn't eve...

     From the New York Times : "Children conceived with a dead father’s frozen sperm are not entitled to Social Security benefits if t...