Many travelers mistakenly believe their U.S. insurance will cover them internationally, but this isn’t always true.

Beginning Sept. 30, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will stop sending paper checks to recipients. For those who ...

Most aging workers rely on their Social Security to cover at least some portion of their expenses. The program is facing an estimated $25.1 trillion long-term funding deficit and the prospect of ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

Of the over 71 million Americans who receive regular Social Security payments, some may have begun receiving smaller checks. However, the payments should arrive on schedule nonetheless. The final ...

Social Security recipients born between the 21st and 31st of the month will receive their payments on Aug. 27. The SSA is withholding 50% of benefits for those who have been overpaid and haven't begun ...

From covering the bills to stocking the fridge, millions of Americans depend on monthly Social Security paychecks to make ends meet each month. Since September starts with Labor Day this year, you ...

Democrats are once again targeting wealthy Americans as a way to shore up Social Security, with new legislation that would gradually eliminate the payroll tax cap and revamp cost-of-living adjustments ...

Mavious Redmond, 55, of Austin, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to a scheme she perpetrated for 25 years.

A Minnesota woman is going to prison for assuming the identity of her dead mother and collecting more than $360,000 in Social Security benefits. Mavious Redmond, 55, of Austin, was sentenced Thursday ...

Social Security is largely a pay-as-you-go system, where current workers and their employers pay taxes that fund benefits, with the intention that when workers retire, the following generations will ...