The Social Security Administration will now require beneficiaries to prove their identity when claiming benefits or changing their direct deposit information to crack down on fraud, a change that ...

Older Americans Are Working Longer As Social Security Reforms Are Spotlighted. 67% of single Black retirees have incomes below the Elder Index, a University of Massachusetts Boston data set that ...

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans. As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of ...

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But people who don’t claim Social Security by 70 aren’t signed up automatically. And if you opt not to take your benefits because you don’t need the money, no one is going to force you to file.

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans Linda Hilton, a 76-year-old retired office worker, stands in front of her home Tuesday in Apache ...

This year, an estimated 452,000 people aged 62 and older had student loans in default and are likely to experience the Department of Education’s renewed forced collections, according to the ...

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the number of Social Security beneficiaries who have ...