Tag: Social Security
Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a...
Social Security and Medicare finances weakening
An unexpected weakening in the finances of Social Security and Medicare has raised concern about the bedrock programs for the middle class. The problems...
Trustees report warns Medicare, Social Security finances worsening
Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected, and Social Security’s financial problems can’t be ignored either, the government said Tuesday in a...
Social Security recipients will see 2 percent boost in 2018
Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2 percent increase in benefits next year, the largest increase since 2012, thought...
10 places in Alabama where your social security will go the...
Planning where you’ll spend your retirement can be difficult, especially for folks who will be relying heavily on Social Security as a main source...
Social Security projects biggest payment increase in years
Good news for seniors: Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security are projected to receive their biggest payment increase in years this January.
Bad...
Medicare plans to replace Social Security numbers on cards
Old Medicare cards will be going in the shredder.
Officials said Tuesday the government is on track to meet a 2019 deadline for replacing Social...
Growing number of Americans are retiring outside the US
Newly widowed, Kay McCowen quit her job, sold her house, applied for Social Security and retired to Mexico. It was a move she and...
Republican looks to overhaul Social Security
A key Republican lawmaker wants to overhaul Social Security, the decades-old program that provides benefits to some 60 million retirees and disabled, with a...
Social Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits
Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year, the fifth year in a...