The Social Security full retirement age is 66 for most baby boomers born between 1943 and 1954. However, for people born in the five years after that, the full retirement age increases again in ...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has proposed a major change to Social Security, suggesting a portion of its assets be invested in ...

Financial advisors say some claiming choices can lock retirees into lower income, higher taxes or reduced survivor benefits.

You can take Social Security at 62, but it could cost you. Here are four popular reasons for claiming early, and their ...

Retirement isn't supposed to feel uncertain. For decades, Social Security has been the one constant—quiet, dependable, and ...

What will you have: benefit cuts or tax hikes? Maybe a little of each. Here is what six potential solutions to the system’s bankruptcy would do to you.

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Americans are approaching a mathematical reality that no politician wants to confront, but every taxpayer eventually […] ...

From staffing cuts to the end of paper checks, Social Security works differently than it did a year ago. These five changes ...

Maximum benefits are up 103%, but dark days loom.

If a little is good, a lot must be better, right? That may be true of knowledge, laughter, and friends, but it's not true of ...

With six years to go until Social Security hits insolvency, lawmakers agree that the future of the program is a mess — but ...