Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to increase Social Security benefits for widowed Americans as well as people who are divorced yet still entitled to benefits from their deceased ...

Benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements for Social Security would change under the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment, or SWIFT, Act, announced Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten ...

Talking to a SSA representative in person is designed to help you make sure you understand your options and make the best choice you can about when to start your widow’s benefits. Frazao Studio Latino ...

You could file for widow’s benefits now. But those benefits would be reduced because you have not reached your full retirement age. Or, if you think you could live on your own retirement benefit for a ...

WASHINGTON DC (NEXSTAR) – Thousands of Americans whose spouse sacrificed their lives for our country are suffering another loss – their full survivor benefits. “Why would we be taking something away ...