3 Groups of People Who Could Get More Social Security in 2025 (and It's Not Because of the Cost-of-Living Adjustment)
Social Security checks saw a 2.5% boost this month thanks to the latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). For most retirees, this is the only benefit increase they can expect all year. Their checks won't go up again until the next COLA takes effect in January 2026.
How Much Higher Will Your Social Security Benefits Be If You Wait an Extra Year?
You can claim Social Security benefits starting at the age of 62. However, the earlier you claim your benefits, the smaller your checks will be. Waiting longer to begin your benefits can have a huge payoff,
Social Security Fairness Act opens access to benefits for public employees
According to a news release by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, the Social Security Fairness Act ensures that public sector workers and their families in Louisiana will receive their full Social Security benefit.
Some Social Security Recipients to Get Higher Benefits Under New Bill
Proposed legislation aims to increase Social Security benefits for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities by eliminating the "marriage penalty."
Dead Americans received millions in Social Security benefits
Related: The pros and cons of Social Security bridge payments Turning to other business headlines, $31 million. That’s how much money the government has recalled so far from Social Security payments erroneously sent to dead people.
US retrieves $31 million in improper Social Security payments to dead people
The Treasury Department recovered more than $31 million in Social Security payments made to dead people due to a five-month pilot program approved by Congress. The pilot program has given the Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of a 2021 appropriations bill.
Social Security is tracking wrong payments for people who died
In a significant move to curb financial discrepancies, the U.S. Treasury has reclaimed $31 million from Social Security payments erroneously made to deceased individuals.
US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people
The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.” The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave the Department of Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration ’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of the omnibus appropriations bill in 2021.
$31 million in social security benefits paid to the dead
TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings you the biggest news of the day, including what investors are watching and why dead Americans received $31 million from the Social Security Administration.
US Reclaims An Absurd Amount Of Social Security Payments To Dead People
Rumors of Social Security payments being issued to dead people have circulate for years, and it turns out that there was in fact an issue.
A Game-Changing Social Security Boost For Teachers And Public Workers
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates two provisions, the WEP and the GPO, that have been penalizing a sizable portion ...
Billions in fishy Social Security payouts show why we need DOGE to stop fraud | Letters
In 1983, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced Social Security payments for ...
3 Social Security Moves to Make in Early 2025
You may have a lot on your plate as you navigate your way through the start of 2025. But it pays to tackle these Social ...
Social Security’s COLA is expected to drop in 2026 — but how low could it go?
Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to shrink in 2026 and could be the lowest increase seen in a decade.
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Stricken with rheumatoid arthritis, Virginia woman waits and waits for Social Security disability decision
And for the better part of a year, Lowrine Ford has been waiting to hear from the Social Security Administration (SSA) ...
How About We Delay Social Security In Return For A Delayed 401k Tax?
In return for America’s workers voluntarily delaying their earliest Social Security benefits from 62 to 72, the volunteers ...
Bridging the gap to Social Security with an annuity: How it works
For early retirees, using an annuity is one way to bridge the years between leaving the workforce and claiming Social ...
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(Many) retired teachers are getting a raise thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act
Massachusetts teachers and other public sector employees who qualify for Social Security benefits through covered work will ...
2 Painful Social Security Changes to Brace for in 2025
Social Security. Some of these are positive, such as the 2.8 million Americans who will receive larger benefits thanks to the ...