We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and use strategic timing to try to optimize what you receive. When ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Social Security is underpaying widows and widowers - sometimes by large amounts. In cases where ...

Married couples can maximize their Social Security benefits by understanding these seven important rules about spousal, ...

Most people claim Social Security the moment they can or as soon as they hit full retirement age (FRA). It feels like the ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

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 ...

In 2026, Social Security's earnings-test limit is rising from $23,400 to $24,480 for people who will be under full retirement ...

On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the Social Security Administration (SSA) began distributing the first round of benefits for ...