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With Social Security spousal benefits, you're eligible for up to 50% of your spouse's monthly benefit at their full retirement age.
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank, said 6 million seniors didn’t live within 45 minutes of their nearest field office.
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Social Security spousal benefits: One misconception that could trip you up
With Social Security spousal benefits, you're eligible for up to 50% of your spouse's monthly benefit at their full retirement age.
Here's How Social Security Benefits Are Calculated for Retirees
Social Security is based on lifetime earnings. The first step in calculating retired-worker benefits is adjusting (or indexing) earnings to account for changes in general wage levels over time. Doing so ensures retirement benefits reflect any increase in living standards realized while the worker was employed.
Stress about Social Security and the economy has seniors taking benefits early
Fears about the future of Social Security. Inflation that hasn’t gone away. Wild stock-market swings, often on the same day, that can make a portfolio soar or swoon. For seniors and those nearing retirement,
Trump Administration Backs Off Social Security Phone Service Changes
The Social Security Administration has backed off on its plans to make more older Americans travel to field offices when they apply for retirement benefits. The agency had planned to require anyone filing for benefits or changing bank account information to verify their identities in person instead of over the phone if they were unable to do so through the agency’s website.
Social Security reverses course, will allow for ID verification over the phone
Public outcry appears to have convinced the agency to abandon a plan that would have required in-person visits for some beneficiaries.
Social security walks back DOGE’s abandonment of phone services
The proposal prompted a flood of angry constituents showing up to SSA field offices, prompting lawmakers and administration officials to intervene.
6 Reasons To Pay Your Taxes While on Social Security as Early as Possible
Paying taxes might not be the most exciting part of retirement, but it's still a necessary one especially if you're receiving Social Security benefits. While many retirees assume their tax
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Claiming Social Security at 62 Will Shrink Your Benefits. Here's Why You Should Do It Anyway.
However, you should know that for each month you claim Social Security before reaching full retirement age, your benefits are reduced permanently. And if your full retirement age is 67, which is the case if you were born in 1960 or later, then claiming ...
What Is a Social Security COLA and How Can It Affect Your Retirement Plan in 2025?
When most of us retire, we'll be living off our investments, to some degree and, most likely, also receiving critical income from Social Security. It's only fair, since most of us have been taxed on our earnings for Social Security (and Medicare) for all our working lives.
Social Security’s telephone customer service sucks, acting leader admits. Many senior citizens agree
Social Security’s acting commissioner recently said out loud what many beneficiaries are thinking these days – the agency’s telephone customer service can “suck.”
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