Because so many older Americans rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet, the idea of the program going broke is ...

Funding that Social Security relies on to pay benefits will run out one year earlier than previously projected, according to a new report published Wednesday. In its annual update, the Social Security ...

When couples have different philosophies about saving and spending, keeping the other person in the dark about assets is ...

The Medicare and Social Security trust funds will become insolvent earlier than previously projected, according to a report released this week.

Not everyone qualifies for Social Security. Learn about eight groups who are excluded and why they don’t receive benefits.

Social Security will be unable to pay full retirement benefits by 2034, one year earlier than previously projected, according ...

Find out when your July Social Security check will arrive and learn about a major change impacting paper check recipients. Full payment calendar inside.

Government pensions are valuable retirement benefits, but they have long come with a downside. A non-covered pension had the potential to reduce someone's Social Security benefits by hundreds ...

A brief recap: Reverse mortgages are loans available to people over the age of 62. The lender essentially pays you money and uses your house as collateral. The income is not taxable, and it won't ...

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have vowed not to make any cuts to Medicare or Social Security, even as they ...

The official trustees now estimate the need for a 23% cut in benefits, plus 11% to Medicare, in eight years.

In the past, Social Security collections that weren’t sent out to retirees were predictably spent by politicians who exist to ...