If you were married to someone for at least 10 years, have been divorced for two or more years, and are currently unmarried, ...

Social Security is one of the most successful social programs in U.S. history, lifting millions of retirees out of poverty. But for lifelong single, divorced and prematurely widowed women, their ...

Widowed or divorced? Learn how to claim the right Social Security benefit for you and boost your retirement income with some ...

Rules are changing. Here's what they're likely to look like next year, so you'll know exactly what to expect if you're ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

Medicare Advantage updates, changes at Social Security, DOGE and more. In case you missed it, here's what Retirement Daily published on Medicare and Social Security this week. If you want to help your ...

See what 2025 data reveals for 80-year-olds, how Social Security calculates benefits, and the key factors that can increase ...

Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

with 80,000 widows and children among those affected, the Urban Institute recently found. Social Security is also considering raising the threshold for accessing disability benefits to 60, according ...