The agency, which provides benefits to roughly 70 million people, said late Monday it reduced the average speed of answering a call on its 800-number to 13 minutes, a 35% reduction compared to this ...

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The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

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Eligible minors can collect Social Security benefits based on their parents' work records but it's subject to many rules.

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The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security ‘s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to earlier ...

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Social Security overpays its recipients by billions of dollars every year — and then asks for the money back. Here are some ways experts say you can reduce the chances of it happening to you.