Are You One of 3.2 Million Americans Who Are Benefiting From the Social Security Fairness Act?

The Fairness Act has rolled back old rules that reduced benefits for certain public workers and their spouses.
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$14.8 Billion Released in Retroactive Social Security Payouts After Quiet Reform

A major shift in the US retirement landscape has quietly taken effect, correcting what many long considered to be an unfair ...
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Law's Sharona Hoffman highlights fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)

U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, highlighted fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

What Retirees Need To Know About the Upcoming Social Security Changes

You've probably read multiple headlines about changes to Social Security, or maybe you're about to retire and wondering if ...

The benefits increase will go into effect for Social Security recipients beginning in January

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees and disabled beneficiaries is financed by payroll taxes collected from ...

The 5 Biggest Social Security Changes of 2025, Ranked

If you've been on Social Security for a while, you probably know that 2025 hasn't been a typical year for the program.
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Is it true than I need one more Social Security credit to receive benefits? If so, I'll have to go back to work.

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...