Millions of public-sector retirees may qualify for larger Social Security benefits and retroactive payments after a major law ...

Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes ...

Some retirees could see a $1,000 or more boost thanks to a Social Security repeal - Around 2.5 million recipients could be affected ...

Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed in January 2025, eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, retroactive to January 2024. This move restored $800 to $1,000+ ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hager – “Mister Social Security” – offers expert advice from Ohio. Updated, Feb. 27, 2025: This post has been adjusted to ...

A retired California schoolteacher watched her late husband's Social Security survivor benefit get zeroed out the day she filed. A retired firefighter in Massachusetts saw his own Social Security ...

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law by then-President Joe Biden on Jan. 5. This act repeals two provisions–the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset–that have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bob Carlson researches all facets of retirement finances. In late 2024 just before the end of its session, Congress passed the ...

HR1110: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental ...