We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and use strategic timing to try to optimize what you receive. When ...

How a Democratic win could change Social Security: higher taxes on very high earners, CPI-E COLAs, stronger survivor and ...

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security for most or all of their retirement income. Unfortunately, not everyone has a sufficient career earnings record to qualify for a worthwhile benefit.

Millions of Americans who rely on the Social Security Administration (SSA) are preparing to receive their next benefit payment, which follows the agency's strict monthly distributi ...

It's only on very rare occasions that a person will qualify for a refund on their TV licence, with only two circumstances ...

If you’re disabled and haven’t paid into Social Security yourself, you may still qualify for survivor benefits based on your ...

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed the WEP and GPO provisions. Find out if you're one of 3.2 million public sector ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. It’s never been easy to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Christopher Tincher knows this firsthand. Tincher began his working life in a ...

Alice Stone Nakhimovsky was forced to learn about her finances at a time of profound grief after losing her husband of nearly 50 years, exposing the risks of couples not sharing financial information.