Social Security
The top Social Security news, strategies and planning insights advisors can use to best serve clients.
Trump’s Massive Spending Cuts Unlikely to See Daylight
By Emily ZulzAny appropriated budget is going to take 60 votes from the Senate, and Democrats are unlikely to vote for many of Trump's domestic cuts.
May 01, 2017
DOL Fiduciary Rule Spared Death in Spending BillThe bill, which funds government until September, also freezes SEC funding and eliminates what Democrats call poison pill riders.
April 27, 2017
Old Student Debt Can Haunt Social Security Benefits, but New Bill Offers HelpBill by Democratic senators would repeal change in law that allowed earned benefits to be garnished to collect federal debts, like student loans.
April 21, 2017
Workers Maintain or Increase Income After Claiming Social Security: ICIThe median worker replaced 103% of spendable income after claiming Social Security, ICI economists found.
April 19, 2017
Ric Edelman Unveils Novel Social Security Supplement PlanEdelmans plan asks the government to set aside a small one-time sum in a trust fund for each child born in the U.S.
April 19, 2017
With Full Bench, SCOTUS Resumes Skepticism Toward Class ActionsNeil Gorsuch shows signs of sympathy for securities litigation defendants.
April 03, 2017
Future Retirees Could Be More Reliant on Social SecurityEmployer-sponsored retirement plans are providing less retirement income today than in the past, according to a new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research.
March 31, 2017
CBO: Social Security, Medicare to Eat Up More Federal SpendingEntitlement spending for people 65 and older is on track to be about half of all federal noninterest spending by 2047, the CBO says.