As Valentine's Day approaches, the Social Security Administration is set to distribute new retirement checks to eligible ...

Whether you're ready to apply or looking to learn more about applying for Social Security, we'll fill you in on the details.

In 17 days, March Supplemental Security Income checks, worth up to $967 for individual filers, will be sent to eligible ...

Social Security is a program that provides money for retirement, but it offers a variety of ways to access that funding. It ...

The Social Security Fairness Act makes it possible for those who opted out of Social Security at some point during their career to receive more retirement benefits ... could receive "overly generous" ...

One claiming age within the traditional initial collection range of 62 through 70 is likeliest to maximize lifetime income ...

To do that, you need to know when your Social Security full retirement age is ... don't rush into filing for your checks to start. Instead, you should carefully consider your health status as well as ...

The higher your earnings, the higher your retirement check. Similarly, Americans in the lower-income classes will also get lower-than-average Social Security benefits. One thing about Social ...

Below, we'll give you a simple method—a three-number check ... a month in retirement. If you haven't already, go to SSA.gov, where you can quickly look up your expected Social Security benefit.

If you’re earning a lot more now than you did in the past (on an inflation-adjusted basis), think about whether early retirement is worth shrinking your Social Security checks.

That’s mostly gone the way of the dinosaur. Another linchpin of retirement, a Social Security check, may not be as hefty in the next decade if the program's funds aren't shored up by Congress.