Correcting your Social Security earnings records is vital to ensure that your retirement, disability, or survivor benefits are calculated accurately. Mistakes in your earnings history can occur due to ...

After 85 years of sending out paper checks to retirees, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is transitioning to electronic payments in what it says is an effort to modernize its services and ...

The Social Security Administration's annual announcement setting next year's cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be delayed because of the government shutdown, the agency said. Each year, the ...

Seniors will receive more money each month via Social Security to help keep pace with the country's rising cost of living and inflation. Starting in late November, beneficiaries will be notified of ...

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