Social Security Administration Announces New Online Tools and Notices for Disability Claims

Agency enhances online platform to expand service for disability cases The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced major enhancements to my Social Security, expanding self-service options and the notices available to individuals navigating the disability claims and appeals process. The…

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Is the Flat-Rate COLA a solution to the insolvency issue?

One of the proposed parts of the solutions to the impending Social Security Trust Fund insolvency issue concerns how the annual cost-of-living adjustment is calculated and applied. Two terms that have been used are COLA cap and Flat-Rate COLA.  …

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LBJ and Social Security—Another Hotbed of Misunderstanding 

Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th president, is remembered for many things, from his traumatic ascension to the presidency in the aftermath of President John Kennedy’s assassination to his pushing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the finish line and his historic signing of Medicare…

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An Onerous Task for Congress: Social Security Reform

Social Security’s Trust Fund reserves are forecast to be fully depleted by the end of the year 2032. If that happens, everyone then receiving monthly Social Security payments will have those payments cut by an estimated 22%. What would that…

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Resolving an Overpayment of your Social Security Benefits

No one likes to repay Social Security money they have received (and likely have already spent). But mistakes do sometimes happen, usually due to a beneficiary’s lack of knowledge of Social Security’s rules or, sometimes, because the Social Security Administration…

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“Ask Rusty – I Was Cheated; I Delayed Claiming SS but Didn’t Get My Full Benefits”

 Dear Rusty:  I’m 70 now and took my Social Security benefits at age 68. Social Security would not allow me to take all my increased percentage earned by waiting until age 68 to claim.  My local Social Security office said I would get an increased…

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