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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Teachers, firefighters, police: The WEP repeal may have affected your Social Security

Social Security is a complex program that has undergone a number of changes since the program was signed into law in 1935. One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to ...
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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 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.

Social Security COLA increase for 2026 set at 2.8%. Here’s what that is per month

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

Significant Social Security, Medicare Changes Backed by Most Republicans

The health care and financial support programs are facing a funding shortfall that may hit as early as the mid-2030s.
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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 ...