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Social Security is paying out more than it can bring in, leaving the government with a $67 billion problem

As the population ages, the amount in benefits being paid out is exceeding how much the program takes in. This has been the ...

Social Security Is a Financial Mess -- and Here's the Truth of How It Got to This Point

Social Security benefit cuts are an estimated eight years away, and addressing the program's issues won't be easy.

How To Make Sure Social Security Will Last Another 90 Years, According to Experts

Economists and policy experts worry about Social Security’s ability to keep paying millions of Americans the benefits they’ve ...

Social Security Trustees Say the Program Can Pay All Benefits Until 2034. It Might Be Too Optimistic

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'I've been kept in poverty': Do I take a $70K job at 74 and lose my Section 8 housing allowance?

By Quentin Fottrell 'After the age of 50, I really only had sporadic contract work and I had to sell my house' "My savings ran out because of the periods of unemployment or undere ...

Fact Check: No, Social Security payments were not renamed 'Federal Benefit Payments'

Since at least 2012, a persistent internet rumor has claimed that U.S. Social Security payments are being renamed as "Federal ...

Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden and enacted in January, had an impact. It ...
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At 90, questions swirl about the future of Social Security

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago on Aug. 14, 1935. Social Security ...

At 90, Social Security is showing its age

Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on Aug. 14, 1935, making today Social Security’s 90th ...