A long-standing change to the rules is taking effect in 2026 and affecting when you can claim full Social Security benefits.

If you’re following the buzz around the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), you might be wondering how it affects your own retirement. In a nutshell, the SSFA just made more than 3 million public ...

If you're looking forward to collecting Social Security in retirement, there's some potentially bad news you need to be aware of. Social Security is currently at risk of having to cut benefits because ...

A small subset of seniors will take home three benefits this month. Here's how to determine if you're one of them and when each will be available.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. October could potentially be a huge month for Social ...

Paper Social Security checks will no longer be issued as of fall 2025. Nearly 500,000 recipients still receive their monthly benefits this way. The White House said the transition to all-digital ...

For some Social Security recipients, benefit checks might arrive in a lesser amount in the coming months. Meanwhile, some others may have recently gotten a bump in their benefits. The Social Security ...

A new bill wants to change the Social Security COLA formula from CPI-W to CPI-E. Learn what this means and how it could ...

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