The first August Social Security payment arrived on August 1 for SSI recipients and early filers. Other beneficiaries will be paid later in the month, depending on their birth date.

A new policy would have required millions of Social Security beneficiaries to visit a field office to make routine account ...

A former Brattleboro woman has been ordered to serve three more months behind bars because she failed to report to the U.S. Probation Office after completing her federal ...

September Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 26 days.

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If you’re married or have ever been married, Social Security spousal benefits might seem like a safety net. Many people count ...

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature ...

The adjustment is based on the consumer price index, which measures inflation, for the third quarter of the year. It goes ...

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Disability benefits are for those who have been deemed to be unable to work, although there are all kinds of work incentives ...

Millions of Americans who rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) may notice an unusual occurrence this August: two SSI ...

There's also another key change on the way that will affect many retirees but isn't a Social Security change per se.