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The WEP is dead: What it means for pension workers’ Social Security payments

Social Security is a complex program that has undergone a number of changes since the program was signed into law in 1935.
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Teachers, firefighters, police: The WEP repeal may have affected your Social Security

Social Security is a complex program that has undergone a number of changes since the program was signed into law in 1935. One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to ...
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Advocacy efforts for the Social Security Fairness Act Repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) Pays Off

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Citizens Abroad (ACA), a Washington, DC-based qualified 501(c)(4) non-profit, non-partisan, advocacy organization that represents the legislative ...
Case Western Reserve University

Law's Sharona Hoffman highlights fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)

U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, highlighted fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision ...
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Will You Get Up to $1K More Each Month From the Social Security Fairness Act?

At the start of 2025, then-President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, paving the way for 2.8 million Americans to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security ...
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2 Recent Social Security Changes That You Need to Know About

Social Security changes slightly every year, undergoing adjustments that can significantly affect individuals receiving benefits. The 2025 year started with a 2.5% cost-of-living increase.
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My husband died last year, but I only received $250 from Social Security. Can I get more under the new law?

'With recent changes I heard that the law has changed and I may qualify to receive a benefit' "I did not work enough under Social Security so I do not qualify for my own Social Security benefits." ...
Morningstar

Is it true than I need one more Social Security credit to receive benefits? If so, I'll have to go back to work.

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...

Social Security chief sends candid year end update to lawmakers: What did he say?

Social Security Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano updated Congress Friday on major Fiscal Year 2025 gains, including shorter ...
Newsweek

Social Security Hits Major Milestone for Millions

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it has completed sending payments to those who were impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act, five months ahead of schedule. Under the Biden ...
Los Angeles Daily News

Social Security and Medicare clocks tick to depletion

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they have been ignoring the mastodon in the room: Social Security and Medicare ...