If your spouse (or ex-spouse) is still alive and is due to receive Social Security benefits, it pays to look into how much you could receive. Here, we'll cover seven essential things you should ...

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 ...

If you believe you have not been overpaid or that the amount is incorrect, you can appeal by submitting Form SSA-561, Request for Reconsideration. This form allows you to explain why you think the ...

Only Congress can change Social Security benefits, but reductions in personnel and other developments may make the system harder to navigate Many Americans feel confused and anxious about the ...

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 ...

Downloading and completing Form SSA-7004 (Request for a Social Security Statement) from SSA.gov and mailing it to the address provided. Once you have your statement, you can print it from your ...

LH: You say that our current pill-oriented form of health care became dominant only in the mid-20th century. Social prescribing is an effort to move medicine away from this “pill for each problem” ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...

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 building ...