Social Security Q&A: How Will An Early Retirement Benefit Affect a Spousal Benefit?
Question: Since my wife took an early benefit at age 62, when she files for a spousal benefit on my record, it will not be 50 percent of my benefit. What will be her eligible percentage?
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Social Security Q&A: Should I File and Suspend Before Collecting Spousal?
Question: Here’s some background for you: my wife and I are both 66 and fully retired. I was the higher earner, maxing out on my Social Security benefit projection. My wife took ...
Video: The Coming Battles Over Social Security
Here’s full video of a lecture given late last year by Michael Astrue, Former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
The presentation, entitled “The Coming ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I Use Breakeven Analysis for When to File?
Question: While my wife has started her benefit already and I plan on deferring taking my benefit, I’ve looked at break-even points using various ages to start collecting. It would ...
Illinois House Advances Plan For Cook County Pension Changes; Retirement Age Increase, Other Reforms Could Test Court Ruling
An Illinois House committee last week approved a proposal that would bring a series of changes to Cook County’s pension system, including a loftier retirement age.
But the proposal ...
Social Security Q&A: Are Spousal Benefits Half My Reduced Retirement Benefit?
Question: I started benefits at 62. When my wife files for benefits at full retirement age, will she get half of what I get now or what I would have gotten at full retirement?
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Texas Pension Bill, Which Would Raise Contributions for Workers, Likely to Land on Governor’s Desk Soon
A bill calling for pension changes passed the Texas Senate on Friday just weeks after clearing the House. The slightly-modified bill will now go back to the House for likely approval, ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I File Based On My Ex’s Disability Benefit?
Question: My ex-wife is on full disability, has been for years, but will not have reached full retirement age when I do. My question: Since we were married for more than 10 years and ...
One Third of Skilled Nursing Patients Harmed in Treatment
Marshall Allen is am awarding-winning investigative reporter. This story was originally published at ProPublica.
One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication ...
Social Security Q&A: Can I File If My Deceased Ex Was a Citizen?
Question: I was married from 1990 to 2010 to an American citizen. We were married and lived in the USA. We divorced in 2010 and he remarried in 2013, five days before he died on Aug. ...