Your Social Security benefits are primarily based on your lifetime earnings. To qualify for retirement benefits, you must earn a minimum number of credits. For those born after January 2, 1929, 40 ...

As retirement nears, you may be wondering when to start taking Social Security payments. These benefits are primarily based on your earnings during your working years and your age when you start ...

Dear Liz: A while back, you responded to a letter writer that Social Security’s estimates of the amount a person will receive assumes the person will continue working until they apply for benefits. I ...

Most people who receive Social Security benefits get their checks every month and don’t really think about it much after. We are all more or less versed in the knowledge that our Social Security ...