Millions of Americans are now receiving significant retroactive Social Security payments thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act, which has officially repealed the Windfall Elim ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that more than a million Americans have received backdated payments ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has paid more than $7.5 billion in retroactive benefits to over 1.1 million ...

The Government Pension Offset, passed in 1977 and called GPO, reduces benefits for survivors if the spouse had a pension that wasn't taxed for Social Security. The Social Security benefits can be cut ...

Most people have jobs that pay Social Security tax, but not everyone. Some public workers and civil servants work at jobs ...

If the bill passes, it would also affect future reform efforts. But the problems Social Security now faces are bigger than just paying for the WEP and GPO repeal, Freese said. "The closer it gets ...

The repeal will not be retroactive before this month. If you filed for Social Security benefits to begin earlier than January 2024, those benefits would remain impacted by the WEP and/or GPO and ...

More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients will receive one-time retroactive payments and higher monthly benefit checks due to a new law.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is among a bipartisan group of 27 colleagues demanding immediate Social Security Fairness Act ...

Languages: English. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed a bill that would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Both of these reduced Social ...

The repeal of WEP and GPO is seen as a step toward fairness for public workers, but it also adds financial strain to Social Security Trust Funds, which already face a looming insolvency crisis. The ...