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What happens to Social Security payments if no debt-ceiling deal is reached?
Failure to reach a deal could potentially disrupt Social Security payments to roughly 70 million recipients, though some doubt any problems.
4 times when your Social Security benefit can be garnished for old debts
What happens when people receiving Social Security benefits have unpaid debt? Can those benefits be withheld to settle those debts? In certain cases, yes.
Social Security’s COLA could be 3.1% in 2024, and buying power has dropped 36% since 2000
The oldest adults who retired before 2000 would need an extra $500 a month just to maintain the same level of buying power, a new study says.
These senators have a plan for saving Social Security
It involves equities in a trust fund, but our trust fund is headed to zero.
A beginner’s guide to understanding and maximizing Social Security benefits
Learn how Social Security benefits are calculated, how to be smart about timing your claim, how benefits are taxed and how to get help with your decisions.
What does it mean to reform federal ‘entitlement’ programs like Social Security?
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid do not provide greedy people with special privileges
Is Social Security a retirement safety net, or a ticking fiscal time bomb?
For millions of Americans, Social Security benefits are a crucial source of income during retirement.
Don’t get fooled by magical thinking when it comes to your money
The importance of focusing on real, not nominal, returns
Social Security can be saved by investing it in the stock market, says Sen. Bill Cassidy
His 'big idea' would invest money in the stock market over 75 years to make Social Security solvent.
This is a good time to rethink how Social Security should be financed
The program’s 'Missing Trust Fund' provides a strong case for an infusion of general revenues
Why investing Social Security in the stock market would be a terrible idea
The Social Security deficit can't be solved by moving the trust fund into stocks
Social Security’s next COLA may be ‘lower than 3%’
Cost of living adjustments over the past two years have failed to keep up with inflation, says the Senior Citizens League.
Most Americans aren’t banking on Social Security
Nearly three in four say they can’t count on Social Security benefits when planning retirement income, a new study found.
‘Temporary degradation’: Social Security recipients should expect longer wait times and other customer-service delays.
Retirees and others seeking Social Security’s help need to be patient when it comes to disability-benefit claims and staff assistance.
Opinion Eliminating policies that reduce Social Security benefits for some state and local workers is not the way to help retirees
The real answer is that all state and local workers should be covered by Social Security.
Social Security benefit cuts could begin in 2034—are you planning for that?
Social Security’s trust funds are expected to run out of money by 2034, should workers plan for Social Security at all?
Opinion One Social Security fix that should be on the table
If politicians are serious about wanting to rescue Social Security, they should put a wealth tax on the table.
Next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment could be less than half this year’s COLA
After a record increase for 2023, officials predict the next COLA could be much smaller, despite persistent inflation.
Social Security is now projected to be unable to pay full benefits a year earlier than expected
Last year, the Trustees expected the Social Security cuts would begin in 2035, but the economy has worsened.
