The Fairness Act has rolled back old rules that reduced benefits for certain public workers and their spouses.

Social Security is a complex program that has undergone a number of changes since the program was signed into law in 1935. One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to ...

U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, highlighted fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

You've probably read multiple headlines about changes to Social Security, or maybe you're about to retire and wondering if ...

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees and disabled beneficiaries is financed by payroll taxes collected from ...

Some seniors say the Social Security Administration's cost-of-living adjustment won’t help much in their ability to pay for ...

See the stocks » The Social Security Fairness Act, passed in January, eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These were two Social Security provisions ...

Those who receive overpayments could now have up to 50% of their checks withheld until the Social Security Administration recovers the extra money. All Social Security beneficiaries must elect an ...