The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

The projected jump to $206.50 in 2026 may be just the beginning. According to the Medicare Trustees, monthly Part B premiums ...

Social Security and Medicare are facing mounting financial challenges, with both programs projected to fall short of paying ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).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

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision. To qualify for Social Security retirement benefits, you must earn 40 credits of coverage or the equivalent of 10 years of Social Security covered employment.

The windfall elimination provision reduces the Social Security benefits of around 2 million former civil servants, while the GPO affects nearly 800,000 retirees.

Tag: windfall elimination provision. Compliance. April 5th, 2023. Recent Proposals to Reform Social Security. The options to reform Social Security will have to become more dramatic the longer ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security ...

The Social Security Fairness Act went into effect in Feb 2025 and the SSA has been sending billions in retroactive payments and benefit adjustments to qualifying individuals. The act gets rid of two ...

And that’s what the windfall elimination provision does. When that WEP formula is applied to my Social Security computation, it gives me the roughly 40% return rate rather than the 90% rate ...