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An Aggressive Social Security Garnishment Is Underway for Over 1,000,000 Beneficiaries -- Here's How You Can Legally Avoid It
President Donald Trump's administration is aiming to claw back overpayments from Social Security beneficiaries.
Dave Ramsey sounds alarm on Social Security, 401(k)s
A significant part of this planning involves estimating potential Social Security benefits and determining how much one can ...
Exes and $0s: Myths about divorced women and Social Security
Anything paid to you as a divorced spouse is just an add-on benefit that doesn’t take a nickel away from your ex’s Social ...
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How Social Security's 2025 COLA Is Holding Up in These 5 Essential Consumer Categories
Social Security retirees received a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). COLAs are periodic raises that are intended to help ...
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Social Security COLA update: Government cutbacks could lead to less money for beneficiaries
The agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it ...
Liz Weston: Retiree considers ‘quality of life’ questions when deciding when to start Social Security
Weston: Retirement planning is further complicated by the fact that we don’t know how long we’ll live or how our health will ...
Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' doesn't include his biggest Social Security proposal
Trump proposed doing away with taxes on Social Security benefits. Not only are taxes on Social Security income complicated, they can significantly reduce the value of each retiree's monthly checks.
I'm Pretty Confident in These 2 Predictions About Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
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