Surviving spouses in the United States have the option to claim Social Security survivor benefits based on their deceased ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

COLA, Medicare premiums and taxable income limits will all shift next year, affecting millions of retirees and disability ...

Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

Next month, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is going completely paperless — a move the agency says will reduce fraud and cut administrative costs. The shift to digital checks is one of ...

See what 2025 data reveals for 80-year-olds, how Social Security calculates benefits, and the key factors that can increase ...

The states that received the most Social Security benefits were California, Florida, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania.

If you check those three boxes, you're eligible to receive up to 50% of your spouse's primary insurance amount (PIA), which ...