The Social Security system in the United States is undergoing significant transformations, impacting millions of Americans.

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...

Alas, we have the system we have for now and it’s on the ropes thanks to demographic pressures and mismanagement of the ...

Every year, the trustees analyze the current state of Social Security and forecast the future of the program. Changes in the ...

Thanks to legislation signed by Biden last year, the Social Security Trust Fund is now set to run out of money almost a year ...

Seniors are facing an automatic 23% cut to benefits, unless Congress takes action. First, legislators would have to admit ...

The official trustees now estimate the need for a 23% cut in benefits, plus 11% to Medicare, in eight years.

To right the ship, the trustees note that more revenue would need to be collected—like through a payroll tax increase—or ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). This change controversially increased ...

The analysis finds that a 23% cut would require $138,000 in added savings to replace the lost income; a 19% benefit cut would ...

Full breakdown of July 2025 Social Security and SSI payment dates, amounts, and why the timing matters this month.

The Social Security trust fund for retirees is projected to become insolvent in 2033. But that cliff is expected to arrive ...