Every year, the trustees analyze the current state of Social Security and forecast the future of the program. Changes in the ...

Social Security and Medicare are facing mounting financial challenges, with both programs projected to fall short of paying ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they ...

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...

Alas, we have the system we have for now and it’s on the ropes thanks to demographic pressures and mismanagement of the ...

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

Social Security is facing a funding crisis that could lead to significant benefit cuts for retirees in the near future. The ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) penalized certain retirees. “Right now, WEP can reduce your Social Security benefit if you also get a pension from non-covered work,” Ray explained.

Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act.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 ...

Prices rose faster in May than forecasters had anticipated, and consumers unexpectedly lost income and pulled back on spending.

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law BY Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:08 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law BY Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:08 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...