Learn how to boost your Social Security benefits while working. Understand earning rules, timing strategies, and ways to ...

Social Security payments are about to move higher, and for retirees and disabled workers living on tight budgets, even a ...

Claiming Social Security in 2026 comes with lasting trade-offs. Learn how timing, earnings limits, taxes, and Medicare costs ...

Social Security beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of how much they can expect each month through the SSA’s calculator.

Claiming before your FRA will result in permanent benefit reductions. So if you file at age 66 thinking it's your FRA, you might expect to receive your full benefit amount. But if your FRA is actually ...

Countless Americans don’t take advantage of the social safety net, even when they’re eligible. Learn what you could earn ...

Find out how much the average 72-year-old gets in Social Security income, see what affects the benefit amount, and how you ...

Economists are already forecasting the inflation rates that could be used to determine the 2027 Social Security COLA.

The last Social Security benefit of 2025 will be dispersed this week, and January's SSI check comes next week. Learn how the ...

I called the Social Security office, as well as went with my husband when he went to collect his Social Security. Because I ...

By Russell Gloor, National Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens ...

For much of 2025, seniors on Social Security had one big question: What would their 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) amount to? It’s an understandable question. Among Social Security recipients ...