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Each year Social Security beneficiaries brace for the announcement of the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to see how much their benefits will increase the following year. In 2023 beneficiaries might see their largest increase in benefits in over a decade based on current formulas. Social Security’s COLA will be implemented in January of 2023 and the… Read more »

Applying for Social Security disability is likely something that few people think about until they are diagnosed with medical impairments that prevent them from working fulltime, but if that time comes it is necessary to understand how work income can impact a claim. This is not just a topic that claimants who are going through… Read more »

Most people can tell you that Social Security provides retirement and disability benefits, but they also lack specific insight into how the programs operate. In a recent survey conducted by the Nationwide Retirement Institute less than 20 percent of people could identify the age in which they would be eligible for full Social Security retirement… Read more »

The Partnership for Public Service recently released a new survey conducted with federal government employees and the Social Security Administration did not fair well. The survey was conducted with federal employees who work in 17 different agencies across the federal government. The Social Security Administration ranked 15th out of 17th of these agencies when it… Read more »

Social Security recently released a wish list of initiatives if it gets an increase in funding, something President Joe Biden is backing. Biden wants to increase Social Security funding by close to 10 percent and part of the increased funding would be spent on improving payment accuracy on benefits and an enhanced debt collection system…. Read more »

Customer service had been a significant issue at Social Security even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the agency to close its doors to the public in March of 2020. Now that Social Security has opened offices back up the customer service issue is still a problem with many Social Security offices seeing long lines for… Read more »

Some people may think of Social Security Disability as a permanent disability program, but that is not the case. People, who the agency has found disabled, are not entitled to benefits permanently and those who do receive benefits should be aware that down the road Social Security is likely to issue a redetermination of a… Read more »

Navigating a Social Security disability claim can be a learning experience. There are all sorts of rules Social Security has in place that have to be adhered to and that means it is better to know some basics about the process before applying. Two issues that we will deal with today are temporary disability and… Read more »

A recent analysis was released from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College that shows Social Security benefits help reduce the gap in retirement benefits between mothers and women who have no children. It is understandable that a mother who works is more than likely going to earn less income than a woman who… Read more »

The Social Security disability process can be confusing for people who have never attempted to apply for benefits. One issue many people are confused about is the types of disability programs that pay people benefits who the agency has determined to be unable to maintain fulltime employment. Social Security disability is not a one-sized program… Read more »