Get clear, expert-confirmed answers to the most common Social Security questions. Learn about benefits and more with this ...

I am 68 and claimed my husband's Social Security when I first retired back in 2023 because when he died in 2022, his benefit ...

How Social Security works is something that would benefit all of us to understand, and yet, partly because of an overall lack of financial literacy, it can be quite a mysterious beast. Fortunately, ...

Both married couples and common-law couples should be thinking about their Social Security options. RgStudio / Getty Images A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about some of the most common ...

This column will discuss a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routinely uses to help individuals protect their rights to potential benefits. It's called a "protective filing ...

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.

Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano recently published an op-ed defending the Trump administration’s handling of ...

I can tell it’s time for me to once again explain to people that SSI and Social Security are two entirely different programs. Every single day, I get emails from readers who say something like this: ...

Experts estimate 2026’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.7% to 2.8%. Chances are that current inflation will eat into the average retiree’s COLA. In addition to using the COLA to pay for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first Social Security payments in December will be distributed in a week for Michigan beneficiaries with birth dates from the ...