Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. This affected Social Security’s costs at a time when the ...

The Social Security program, a financial lifeline for millions, faces an uncertain future. With demographic shifts and ...

The Social Security landscape in the United States is undergoing significant changes, impacting millions of beneficiaries.

Since Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took effective control of the Social Security Administration, the agency that services the needs of the Americans who have paid into it ...

Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics, which customers and advocates ...

The United Kingdom government has just published draft legislation seeking to “reform” key disability-related aspects of its complex social security system. While the government claims its ...

According to the Social Security Administration, the current rate is 6.2% for employees and 12.4% for the self-employed, split between workers and employers.

We will never stop fighting to defend and strengthen Social Security and Medicare for every worker, every retiree, and every generation to come,” Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement.

Social Security’s financing shortfall "is projected to be approximately $25 trillion, or 1.3% of total GDP, over the next 75 years," BPC states. "If Congress chooses to break the firewall ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making a major change that could impact thousands of beneficiaries who still receive their monthly payments by paper check. Starting later this year, the ...

The latest annual report from the Boards of Trustees overseeing the Social Security and Medicare programs reveals mounting financial pressures, with significant trust fund depletion dates approaching ...