Get a Social Security 1099 (SSA-1099) form; Print a benefit verification letter; Change your address; 4. Here's what happens if your spouse postpones taking Social Security.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has launched a form for reporting disruptions to Social Security with the goal of investigating and solving issues quicker. Nessel cited ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has reinstated its policy of 100% recovery for overpayments, effective March 10, 2025. This change means that affected beneficiaries might see their entire ...

Defenders of Social Security — some of the loudest are political opponents of the president — don’t want to be caught flat-footed if, lo and behold, the Trump administration changes its mind.

In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit ...

The fraction of children under 18 living in households with any exposure to Social Security income — it’s risen from 6.8% in 2000 to 9.1% in 2019. So that’s an increase of about one-third in ...

Calling the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY: 1-800-325-0778). Downloading and completing Form SSA-7004 (Request for a Social Security Statement) from SSA.gov and mailing it ...

Julia Hotz: Social prescribing utilizes the arts, nature, volunteerism, and local community organizations as “medicine” for patients of all ages. Social prescribing considers social health just as as ...

In 2024, Social Security benefits rose by 3.2 percent, while a significant adjustment of 8.7 percent was made in 2023 to address the rising inflation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Back in the 1980s, the last time that Congress was able to agree on changes to Social Security, U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) coined a pivotal axiom about consensus ...