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Uncertainty Around Social Security and Retirement Planning
Social Security plays a major role as part of retirement planning, however a new survey finds that their is a knowledge gap regarding information and planning across all generations. The gap is less within the baby boomer generation, but still…
Social Security Rules to help Make the Best “When to Claim” Decision
Although millions of people are receiving or about to receive Social Security benefits some rules are not as well known as others. These 3 in particular can affect your benefit amount: You have to work at least 35 years to…
New Legislation to be Applied to Social Security Clawbacks
The new bill was introduced on August 20th. It is called Protecting Americans from Social Security Clawbacks Act. If passed it would eliminate pay back of overpayments that are more than 3 years old, as long as fraud was not…
Presidential Hopefuls’ Perspectives on Social Security and Medicare
These two programs are important issues to consider when choosing how to vote. They are the income and health lifeline for many of our senior citizens. Read about it here… Similar to many consulting organizations, the Association of Mature American…
Social Security is a Primary Issue for Americans this November
Voting may be swayed by Social Security this November. There are many ideas of how to modify it. What do Harris and Trump say? Keith Speights for The Motley Fool explains here… Similar to many consulting organizations, the Association of…
Yearly Adjustments to Social Security
There are some standard built in changes that happen with Social Security every year: Benefits increase due to the COLA increases The amount needed to qualify for an earned credit increases The earnings limit, which is the amount you can…
A Different COLA Perspective
The latest estimate projects a COLA increase of 2.57% in 2025, which is lower than it was in 2024. Of course, this is still an estimate and the actual number will be released in October. A smaller percentage could be…
Social Security: Beyond Retirement Benefits
Sometimes we forget that Social Security also provides survivor benefits for families. Tragically, when a young person dies and leaves young or disabled children the program helps support the family. Kathryn Anne Edwards for Bloomberg Opinion explains here…. The link provided…
The Election and Social Security
With the presidential election in just a few months Amanda Umpierrez for 401K Specialist takes a look at how much of an impact Social Security reform will have on voting. Looming insolvency is bringing this issue to the forefront of…
Social Security Systems Around the World
A comparison of retirement systems in different countries by Lou Carloza for Yahoo Finance. Read here… As our own program struggles with potential insolvency, it is interesting to note how other countries handle their retirement programs. As an example of…