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An Update on Spousal Benefits and Some Details You May Not Know
Social Security has myriad rules and regulations, and many times not knowing some of the key points can cause certain benefit opportunities to be overlooked. This is true in the case of spousal benefits, and particularly in the area of…
The Importance of Social Security Numbers in Preventing Identity Theft
You may have wondered why we frequently post articles on this site dealing with the scams and fraud activities preying on Americans in general but seniors in particular. That’s because this is a pervasive issue, with new scam opportunities popping…
Survey Points to Feelings of Retirement Insecurity Among Women
A survey sponsored by the National Council on Aging and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement. The poll of 1200 U.S. women aged 25 and older, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Lake Research Partners, reports that more than…
Social Security’s Insolvency Problem: Understanding the Challenge
Much has been written through the years about the looming insolvency problem facing Social Security, now just about nine years from now. It’s new news…the program’s trustees have been sounding the alarm for nearly three decades while the can gets…
The Maximum Social Security Benefit–Getting It is Not Easy
For this year, the highest benefit available via Social Security is $4,555 per month ($54,660 annually), but very few folks are able to claim that amount. To understand why that is so, take a look at a post on msn.com…
SSA Sounds the Alarm on Service Issues
In a commentary piece today on the Portland Press Herald website, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO Everett Kelley provides a recap of the staffing crisis faced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the service…
Social Security Facts and Factoids
Forbes contributor Eli Amdur, in a post on forbes.com, provides several interesting trivia about Social Security, along with some serious points on areas where governmental leadership is needed to correct flaws in the program’s structure. Among the points he raises…
Social Security and the Debt Crisis: Two Competing Viewpoints
Yesterday, President Joe Biden issued statements assuring Veterans and Social Security benefits recipients that there would be no interruption in the flow of payments. In fact, his definitive assertion on the fear that benefit payments to Vets and the elderly…
Assessing Your Social Security Readiness
Social Security can be fairly complex, and anyone who has sailed those waters can tell you that there are some basic things you should know before you get to the point of claiming your earned benefits. The Motley Fool’s Christy…
Dealing With Social Security’s Inherent Inability to Ensure Retirement
The more you look at Social Security, and the more you ponder its place in your retirement planning strategy, the more you become aware of the program’s basic premise. This premise, in simple terms, is to keep seniors from falling…