Social Security

27% of Baby Boomers Have Nothing Saved for Retirement

An astounding 27% of Baby Boomers (that’s Americans ages 59 and up) don’t have any money saved for retirement. What does that mean for Boomers?

I Have Cancer and Am on Medicaid, Should I Apply for Social Security Disability?

If you’re unable to work due to a serious illness, you may think that Social Security Disability will be the answer to all your troubles. However, it can often be less simple than that.

Navigating Social Security as It Downsizes

Advocacy groups are urging concerned Americans to contact their members of Congress and demand protections for the program.

How to Replace Important Documents That Are Lost or Missing

Replacing important documents that are destroyed, lost, or stolen is pretty easy once you know where to turn.

How to Replace Important Lost Documents

“How do I go about replacing some important documents that were lost when our home of 50 years burned down?”

The GPO Repeal Backlash Has Begun

I’ve been preaching that the misnamed Social Security Fairness Act is a bad law. And as a result, I’ve been receiving angry and even hateful emails from retired public employees around the country. I want them to listen to your story.

Military Myths and Social Security

Not a week goes by when I don’t get emails from veterans who have been led to believe that they are missing out on some extra Social Security benefits allegedly payable to people who served in the military.

What Happens To Your Spouse’s Social Security Checks When They Die?

What happens when someone who receives Social Security benefits dies? Does their surviving spouse lose that monthly check? Are there ways to continue receiving benefits? Medicare expert and author, Toni King explains Social Security Survivors Benefits and more.

Cutting Social Security Administration Staff Has Consequences

If you think that these cuts are merely reversing all the growth in government that happened during years when Democrats were in power, well, you are simply wrong.

Older People and Social Security Disability

First of all, disability benefits are “real Social Security.”

Clarifying the DOGE Allegations About Social Security

What is going on with the DOGE reports about Social Security recipients who are supposedly 120 years old?

LBJ and Social Security

Poor Lyndon Baines Johnson. When it comes to Social Security, he gets blamed for something he never did.

Addressing Social Security Concerns for Widows

For some reason, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from widows lately. Here are some of them.

Why Some People Don’t Pay Into Social Security

So, why are some jobs not covered by Social Security?

Here is the story.

Who Deserves More? A Deep Look at Social Security’s Most Criticized Beneficiaries

“You sir, are a jerk! And how dare you say I don’t deserve an increase in my Social Security checks. I’ve been robbed for years!”