The Social Security Administration (SSA) has wrapped up its January payment cycle, ensuring that retirees, survivors, and individuals on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and ...

The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

3. Stricter criteria for Social Security work credits. Workers in 2024 had to earn $1,730 to earn one Social Security work credit. You need 40 of these in order to qualify for retirement benefits ...

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under ...

Social Security changes slightly every year, undergoing adjustments that can significantly affect individuals receiving ...

Each month, the Social Security Administration pays retirement, survivor and disability benefits to more than 70 million ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

The first SSI payments were sent out to recipients by the Social Security Administration in January 1974, with payment rates being adjusted in line with the cost of living since 1975, ...

Social Security Got a Shake-Up in 2025, and 3 Changes May Surprise Retirees. By Trevor Jennewine – Feb 4, 2025 at 4 ... The Social Security Fairness Act was signed in January 2025.

Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment is 2.5%, ... An average beneficiary will see their monthly payment rise next year by $50 to $1,957, up from $1,907 in January 2024.

January’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries on Dec. 31. To meet eligibility requirements, filers must be at least partially blind ...