Workers can start Social Security as early as age 62, but they will not maximize their monthly benefit unless they delay ...

To qualify for Social Security in retirement, you need to accumulate 40 work credits in your lifetime, at a maximum of four ...

The debate over America’s “ideal” retirement age ignores the federal rules that actually govern penalty-free retirement, a ...

Social Security's full retirement age is changing next year, affecting when the youngest baby boomers and Gen Xers can ...

When you’re deep in the throes of a busy career, Social Security may not be at the forefront of your mind. After all, if ...

Many Americans don't really understand Social Security. Around 1 in 5 believe a dangerous mistruth about their retirement ...

For anyone born in 1960 or later, the full retirement age is 67. However, Americans don't have to wait until then to claim ...

Delaying benefits as long as possible tends to allow retirees to collect the most Social Security over their lifetimes.

My sister has a limited time left as she has been told by her doctors. She is currently on long-term disability. Her husband, ...

The decision to sign up for Social Security is not an easy one. The reason? The age you start getting benefits will determine ...

Congress is working on the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act, which could add an additional $200 to your monthly checks for the first six months of 2026. This would be in addition to the ...

Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically, the Social Security Administration, has messed them up and cheated them out of benefits they might have been due. But ...