The retirement age for full Social Security benefits in the U.S. will rise to 67 by 2025 for those born in 1960 or later, ...

The 'file and suspend' strategy no longer works as it once did, due to 2015 reforms. Learn how to optimize Social Security ...

The House of Representatives is proposing a significant change to Social Security rules that would impact millions of ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of ...

Major Social Security updates, now in effect as of April 2025, stand to reshape benefits for millions of Americans. From bigger checks to new identification rules, these changes could have a ...

It's understandable if you're confused about what's happening -- there have been some back-and-forth changes. At first, the Social Security Administration rolled back rules so that if an ...

The change in identification verification rules coincides with a policy change that will allow recipients getting Social Security benefits via direct deposit to make changes more quickly.

First the good news: the SSA will be expediting all direct deposit change requests ... The new verification rules will still apply to new applications for Retirement, Survivors, or Auxiliary ...

But in the opening weeks of the administration, rules changes and staff ... Trump’s acting commissioner of Social Security, has enacted two significant process changes that the SSA says are ...

The group wrote this change "will close off an important mode of service for millions of people" who are eligible for services. "More than 4 in 10 retirees apply for their Social Security benefits ...