According to AARP, more than one million people in Arizona receive Social Security benefits. That includes retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. Getting answers to your questions about social ...

With a recent change, the Social Security Administration is making it easier to apply for Supplemental Security Income benefits. The agency started rolling out an online application last month for SSI ...

You can claim Social Security at any point after you turn 62, though you shouldn't delay benefits past 70. It's possible to claim benefits on your ex's work record if you were married for at least 10 ...

Social Security serves as a critical source of income for millions of retired seniors. And for those who rely on those benefits heavily to pay the bills, annual raises often spell the difference ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts. By Mark Miller Many older ...

I recently did a couple of media interviews. One was a podcast and the other was a radio show. The hosts of both media outlets asked me essentially the same thing: "What are the most common questions ...

If you're retired or nearing retirement, you probably know some people claiming Social Security benefits, and you might also have a sense of how the program works. You pay into it your entire career, ...

Congress must have heard women complaining that having to be married to some philandering jerk for 20 years to get some of his Social Security was too long. So this year, they lowered the length of ...

How Social Security works is something that would benefit all of us to understand, and yet, partly because of an overall lack of financial literacy, it can be quite a mysterious beast. Fortunately, ...

A surge in online queries about Social Security on an expert platform has highlighted deepening anxiety among older Americans over potential changes to the program under the Trump administration. The ...