FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new ...

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Social Security is on track to deplete its trust funds by 2034, one year sooner than previously forecast, when the federal retirement program will be required to cut monthly benefits by about 20%.

A study published on May 27 found that 25% of the nation's population has over an hour-long drive to the nearest Social Security field office.

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, D.C., is pictured on March 26. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images What To Know SSA employees told USA Today that Social Security recipients who ...

The Social Security Administration faces a funding crisis in the not-so-distant future. Trustees say the projected shortfall in retirement benefits has risen to $25.1 trillion through 2099, up ...

Image source: Getty Images. This past January, Social Security got its smallest COLA in years -- a 2.5% raise following a period of cooling inflation. And now that we're close to the halfway point ...

Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social Security payments will automatically drop by 23% at that time.

Social Security is now expected to be insolvent in 2033, necessitating a 23% cut in benefits. The Medicare hospital fund will run out the same year, requiring an 11% spending cut.