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  2. What is Social Security and how does it work? - AOL

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    Social Security is a program run by the federal government that provides income for a wide range of Americans, including retirees, the disabled and families with a deceased spouse or parent. As of ...

  3. The SSA Has an Online Portal for Social Security - AOL

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    The my Social Security portal also shows estimates for retirement, disability and survivors benefits you and your family may be eligible for. Another huge benefit to the online portal is the easy ...

  4. Retired & Feeling Pinched By Smaller Social Security ... - AOL

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    Here’s how the math works out: Last January, Social Security recipients received a 5.9% cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA), which upped the average benefit check from, $1,564 in 2021 to $1,656.30 ...

  5. Social Security Administration - Wikipedia

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    The United States Social Security Administration ( SSA) [2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant ...

  6. Federal Employees Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    The FERS annuity is structured to provide employees an incentive to continue working for at least 20 years in Federal service and until age 62 (which is also the earliest age at which a FERS employee can collect Social Security benefits), since employees retiring at or after age 62 with 20 years of service or more have the annuity calculated at ...

  7. Social Security: 7 Things The Government Must Do to Protect ...

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    One way to protect Social Security is to provide more money a month to support lower income people, while decreasing benefits for higher income earners. “Tweaking how benefits are calculated to ...

  8. Here’s the average Social Security benefit for retirees right ...

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    The present and future of Social Security. The 3.2% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that took effect in January 2024 was announced in October 2023 and is based on the increase in ...

  9. 5 Things To Review in Your Social Security Statement as You ...

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    Here are five things to keep an eye on: Earnings record: You should see a year-by-year earnings record on your statement that details how much income you earned each year you worked. Double-check ...