A dramatic 17% increase in Social Security benefit applications reflects growing public anxiety about the program's future, with 1.8 million Americans filing claims amid concerns over administrative ...

If you have at least 35 years of earnings at or above the threshold, you may be in line for the maximum possible benefit in ...

Because so many older Americans rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet, the idea of the program going broke is ...

July’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 11 days. The next ...

Many people spend years working, earning money, and paying taxes on that money. And one benefit you’re supposed to get after ...

The third round of June’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...

Funding that Social Security relies on to pay benefits will run out one year earlier than previously projected, according to a new report published Wednesday. In its annual update, the Social Security ...

When couples have different philosophies about saving and spending, keeping the other person in the dark about assets is ...

Social Security will be unable to pay full retirement benefits by 2034, one year earlier than previously projected, according ...

Find out when your July Social Security check will arrive and learn about a major change impacting paper check recipients. Full payment calendar inside.

Government pensions are valuable retirement benefits, but they have long come with a downside. A non-covered pension had the potential to reduce someone's Social Security benefits by hundreds ...

A brief recap: Reverse mortgages are loans available to people over the age of 62. The lender essentially pays you money and uses your house as collateral. The income is not taxable, and it won't ...