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If your wife is eligible to collect a spousal benefit, whether or not it is paid automatically can depend on when each of you claims benefits. If your wife claims benefits on her own employment ...

Someone born in late 1958 still has time to apply to suspend benefits the month they reach full retirement age and increase ...

The Social Security Administration assigns everyone a full retirement age (FRA). That's when you become eligible for the full ...

The number of people filing for Social Security typically increases each year amidst population growth and as more ...

Spike in early Social Security claims this year points to growing concerns about the health of the Social Security system, ...

At a time when Social Security’s finances are on shaky footing and benefit cuts are a possibility in the future, you might ...