Representative payees are responsible for assisting those incapable of managing their Social Security funds. Here's what to ...

Representative payees collect Social Security for disabled people and use it to help them secure housing. The arrangement is ...

Payments for Social Security made up over 20% of the federal government's budget, at $1.5 trillion, in 2024. To understand better what is taking up so many resources and causing so many political ...

Average wait times to reach a live person by crept up to 90 minutes by early May. A May 22 screenshot of the Social Security website's live metrics, preserved by the Internet Archive, shows that ...

The main language used to run Social Security’s core systems, for example, is a 60-year-old program called COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language). There aren’t that many people alive who ...

At the start of 2025, Social Security benefits got a 2.5% COLA. And many seniors are hoping for a larger raise in 2026. Based on inflation readings to date, the Senior Citizens League, ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions who were previously locked ...

Social Security Earnings Limit If you claim your benefit before hitting your full retirement age , you’ll be subject to the earnings limit. The specific amount adjusts each year, but for 2023 it ...

When the Social Security Act was signed into law in 1935, its purpose was to provide a financial foundation for America's aging workforce. Nine decades later, this mission is still being fulfilled ...

Social Security chief on wait times, technology upgrades and agency's future 03:22. Older Americans are filing for Social Security benefits at a record rate this year, a surge that could reflect ...

Considering recent news, you may have missed that the 2025 trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare are out. Once again, they confirm what we’ve known for decades: Both programs are ...