Social Security

The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Veteran's Administration (VA) have begun to issue guidance governing the treatment of same-sex marriages.

The nation's elderly and disabled Social Security recipients will receive a 1.5 percent increase in payments in 2014 . . . ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the 2013 Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances . . .

It is common knowledge that husbands and wives are entitled to collect Social Security benefits on their spouses' work records.

Have you been officially asked to manage someone else's money?  Four new guides help people who have been given the important responsibility of managing money or property for someone else. ...

One little-known Social Security retirement benefits rule is the so-called “do-over rule.” ...

Do you have a friend or loved one who receives Social Security and is unable to manage her payments? If so, you can request that the Social Security Administration (SSA), the government agency that disburses Social Security, name you as...

Many people do not realize that they may need to pay income taxes on their Social Security benefits.

Figuring out when to start taking Social Security benefits shouldn't require a degree in economics, but the complicated rules mean many Americans are not getting all the benefits they are entitled to.