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 ...

On the other hand, Social Security disability benefits are paid to people, rich or poor, as long as they have worked and paid taxes for a sufficient amount of time.

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 ...

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 ...

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“I also want to acknowledge recent reporting about the number of people older than age 100 who may be receiving benefits from Social Security,” Lee Dudek said in a statement Wednesday.

The agency automatically stops payments to people who are older than 115 years old. ... “Over 130,000 people, according to the Social Security databases, are aged over 160 years old.

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 ...

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 ...