New leadership in Washington has prompted questions about Social Security’s future. Some experts say privatizing the program could be the answer.

Social Security applies an earnings test, reducing benefits if pre-retirement age earners exceed set income limits. Past full retirement age, no earnings limit applies and withheld benefits due to ...

Retirees are often thought to be living on fixed incomes, but most of them are collecting Social Security benefits, and those benefits are not exactly fixed -- because they're increased nearly every ...

The Social Security Administration says millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions may have to wait up to a year or longer to reap the benefits of ...

skynesher / Getty Images If you're nearing retirement, you’ve probably wondered when to start taking Social Security benefits. For years, age 65 was considered the “normal” retirement age ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Sadly, there’s no real “bonus” that retirees who receive Social Security can collect. In actuality, this alleged bonus was just spin — another way of saying that there are ways you can ...