The gradual rise in the age at which Americans can claim full Social Security benefits is reshaping retirement plans across ...

Some older Americans, staring down potential Social Security benefit cuts, might look to access the program as soon as ...

For many years, Social Security had allowed Americans to take their full retirement benefits at the age of 65. However, starting in 1983, Congress increased the full retirement age from 65 to 67, ...

The problem with the “basic math” behind delaying Social Security is that it often overlooks longevity risk. While it’s true ...

SSI beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of how much they could expect each month through the SSA’s calculator.

Along with potentially raising the retirement age, Commissioner Frank Bisignano suggested other measures to address the ...

With over a dozen credit cards and millions of credit card points racked up, Nancy Jiang condenses the complex world of card-churning for maximum rewards with minimum effort. Her work has been ...

The traditional Republican approach to Social Security has been to call for its shortfall to be closed entirely with benefit cuts; the traditional Democratic approach has been to rely entirely on tax ...

Social Security's Chief Says "Everything's Being Considered" to Combat Benefit Cuts -- and While Unpopular, Raising the Full ...

Cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, are available in most, but not all, years and are a vital part of the Social Security ...