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With the SSA cutting in-person visits, going online is essential. Our guide walks you through setting up your account, using ...

American workers are eligible to set up an account at SSA.gov in order to track and optimize their forthcoming Social ...

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The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62. Here’s what to know ...

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Close to 74 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. Nearly two-thirds (63%) say their checks account for at least half of their personal income, according to the Pew Research Center, and ...

Many people have their Medicare Part B premium automatically deducted from the Social Security benefits each month. Retirees received the good news in late October that those receiving average Social ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Nov. 13, a small team of advocates for people with ...

Democratic Senators are pushing legislation that could hike monthly Social Security payments by $200, arguing senior citizens are struggling to keep up with sky-high costs. The recently introduced ...

Social Security's so-called "full retirement age" — the age when people can start collecting all of their earned benefits — is about to hit a new threshold, a change that will affect Americans born in ...

About 70 million people depend on the Social Security Administration (SSA) for monthly income through retirement, survivor, spousal or disability benefits. Given the program’s huge scale, the SSA ...