Once you start collecting Social Security, the size of your checks will change annually. There are of course the annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs). Designed to help cover the costs of ...

From time to time, we get a listener question on our Sunday morning show on WCCO that opens the door to a much larger ...

According to the HealthView Services' report, the real problem for Social Security retirees is that the rising costs of ...

If you're expecting to continue working well into your 60s, you may want to hold off on filing for Social Security ahead of ...

Social Security could end up paying you a pretty decent amount of money in retirement. And if you don't have much savings, those monthly benefits may constitute the bulk of your retirement income.

A newly introduced bill would prevent some public sector retirees from being hit with a tax bill after they were made eligible for Social Security benefits last year. The bipartisan bill, known as the ...

Social Security’s trust fund is projected to run dry in 2032, prompting a contentious reform debate replete with images of impoverished elderly and wheelchair-bound grandmothers being pushed off ...

Americans’ personal data — including names, Social Security numbers and addresses — are in the middle of a national-security disaster and should be investigated by Congress, says one Social Security ...

The number of Americans claiming Social Security benefits early has jumped. The need for benefits may be based on financial issues, health problems, or both. Filing for benefits early may help your ...

Social Security recipients will see the normal Wednesday payments through February; a government shutdown this week, if it comes to pass, will not interrupt the schedule. A partial government shutdown ...

You don't become eligible for Social Security until you're 62 for the entire month. Your birth month is your first month of eligibility only if you were born on the first or second day of the month.