The SSA has lowered its estate recovery threshold from $5,000 to $3,000, enabling collection of smaller amounts in certain ...

The SSA can pursue SSI overpayments even after a recipient’s death. Families should know who might be held liable and when.

To that end, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is going after overpayments more aggressively. In March, it announced ...

A second amendment came on April 14, when the SSA announced that anyone wishing to apply for Social Security or make account ...

The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application ...

Because Martin O’Malley left the federal government at the end of the Biden administration, the Office of Special Counsel ...

Errors in your Social Security earnings record can lead to getting lower benefits than what you're owed. Here's how to check ...

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits as a lifeline for covering essential expenses—especially during a time ...

If you've recently received a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA), you're not alone, and the news inside may ...

Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to ...

The change follows reporting by Nextgov/FCW about the policy and its contributions to a slowdown in retirement claims ...

Social Security recipients expecting May’s next round of payments will see checks this week. Find out the exact dates and who ...