Social Security
The top Social Security news, strategies and planning insights advisors can use to best serve clients.
U.S. Interest Payments to Equal Social Security Spending by 2048: CBO
By Reade PickertThe U.S. government is on track to pay creditors as much as retirees in three decades amid growing public debt and rising interest rates, the Congressional…
June 21, 2018
Need to Vet a Vendor for Cybersecurity? You've Got HelpCo-op cleverDome's deal with 3PAS provides secure guidance in choosing an external vendor.
June 19, 2018
House GOP 2019 Budget Takes a Swing at Social Security, MedicareThe budget also invokes parts of the Financial Choice Act.
June 19, 2018
House GOP's 2019 Budget Plan Includes Partial Privatization of MedicareThe proposal fast-tracks at least $302 billion in spending cuts over 10 years, including repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
June 15, 2018
Married Women Are Making a Big Social Security MistakeA big gender gap exists in Social Security wealth because of married women's retirement decisions, an NBER study found.
June 14, 2018
Jim Allsup Publishes Guide to the SSDI Claim Determination MazeA professional maze runner reveals some of what he knows about the twists and the turns.
June 07, 2018
Lawmakers Plan Hearings for Bill to Raise Social Security Benefits, Payroll TaxesThe Social Security 2100 Act would strengthen the trust fund over the long term, Social Security's chief actuary says.
June 07, 2018
How Retirees Can Strategically Use Nonportfolio Assets: Morningstar's BenzFrom Social Security to real estate, here's how to maximize every tool in the retirement-savings toolbox, according to Christine Benz.