The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the reduction of Social Security benefits based on your work record or the work record of your spouse or former spouse while entitled to a public pension ...

The average 65-year-old retiree collects around $1,563 per month in benefits, according to December 2023 data from the Social Security Administration. That's substantially lower than the $2,038 ...

One thing soon-to-be retirees need to start looking at carefully is where they fall in terms of Social Security benefits.

Teachers, firefighters, police and others who earn a separate pension for government work will now get their full Social ...