New Social Security policy could cut off entire benefit for some: Here’s how

Financial Focus: Carefully consider Social Security decisions

Your Social Security benefits can be an important part of your retirement income — but when should you start collecting them? It’s a big decision, so you’ll want to consider your options carefully. Essentially, you’ll need to decide whether you’re going to take your benefits as early as possible — age 62 —or if you should wait until your “full retirement age” or even longer. If you begin accepting benefits at 62, they’ll be about 30% lower than …

Social Security tried to stop what it called 'clawback cruelty.' It will resume under Trump.

Devastating 'clawbacks' of money by the Social Security Administration, once stopped as cruel, will now resume under Trump for many unsuspecting beneficiaries.

Social Security Administration to begin withholding full benefits from overpaid recipients

The federal government will soon begin withholding full monthly benefits from Social Security recipients who are deemed to have been overpaid, a change...

Social Security recipients could have their checks withheld due to Trump-era policy change

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a change to how overpayments are taken out of recipients’ monthly checks.

Social Security to take full monthly benefits to recover overpaid funds

The Social Security Administration will begin withholding 100% of a recipient’s monthly benefits to recover overpayments starting March 27.

New Social Security policy could cut off entire benefit for some: Here’s how

The change is a reversal from the Biden administration.