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Any Social Security legislative package should include an automatic adjustment mechanism

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Any Social Security legislative package should include an automatic adjustment mechanism

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Will you be ‘cheated’ out of your last Social Security check? 

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I’m 70 and am thinking of going back to work to qualify for Social Security. Should I? 

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A major factor behind the drop in disability rolls is ‘retraining’ of judges

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GOP debate: Want to run the country? Answer the tough questions about Social Security.

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Update your iPhone: Apple just pushed out an important security update

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‘She needs the money for care’: My 103-year-old grandmother’s adviser bought 5 bank stocks. She lost $300,000. Can I sue?

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Here’s why Wall Street may be overreacting about Apple’s China’s challenges

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Confused about how much to tip? Here is a detailed guide

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Retire to Arizona? Seriously?

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VinFast loses more than $140 billion in market cap in two weeks after week-long nosedive for EV maker

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Nio, Alibaba stocks drop as part of broad selloff in the ADS of China-based companies

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When a cardiologist invited his patients to walk with him in a local park, 100 people showed up. It was the beginning of a global program.

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Cruise travel is back but economic uncertainty may cool future demand

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I’m retiring at 65 with $2 million, an $850,000 home and $3,500 a month in Social Security. Should I follow the 4% rule if I don’t want to leave an inheritance?

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‘Delay as much as you can’: Waiting to claim Social Security can provide the biggest payout.

Aug. 20, 2023 at 10:17 p.m. ET by Jessica Hall
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Opinion This is what should happen with Social Security

Aug. 15, 2023 at 4:24 p.m. ET by Max Richtman
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Social Security: This country’s national pension system could teach America a lesson

Aug. 15, 2023 at 10:01 a.m. ET by Paul Brandus
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Social Security’s COLA could be about 3% in 2024 — after an 8.7% increase in 2023

Aug. 12, 2023 at 2:21 p.m. ET by Jessica Hall
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This is what the average retiree will lose if Social Security isn’t fixed

Aug. 12, 2023 at 9:36 a.m. ET by Jessica Hall
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What if Social Security didn’t exist?

Aug. 12, 2023 at 9:03 a.m. ET by Mark Hulbert
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Opinion If they come for Social Security and your retirement accounts, this is how they will do it

Aug. 7, 2023 at 11:58 a.m. ET by Brett Arends
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Opinion Social Security: What the budget guys get wrong

Aug. 1, 2023 at 6:48 a.m. ET by Alicia H. Munnell
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‘I’m 64, my job has turned to crap and I have cancer. Should I wait to 67 to start claiming Social Security?’

Jul. 29, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. ET by Brett Arends
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Will you claim Social Security early or hold out as long as possible?

Jul. 29, 2023 at 11:37 a.m. ET by Mark Hulbert
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How big will Social Security’s 2024 COLA be?

Jul. 29, 2023 at 11:10 a.m. ET by Alicia H. Munnell
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Biden picks Democrat Martin O’Malley for Social Security commissioner nomination

Jul. 26, 2023 at 2:10 p.m. ET by Alessandra Malito
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Should Social Security be invested in equities?

Jul. 18, 2023 at 9:12 a.m. ET by Alicia H. Munnell
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Social Security’s COLA could be just 3% in 2024 — after an 8.7% increase in 2023

Jul. 15, 2023 at 10:10 a.m. ET by Jessica Hall
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Opinion Congressional Republicans want big cuts to Social Security

Jul. 11, 2023 at 10:57 a.m. ET by Alicia H. Munnell
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Opinion Social Security could have been saved — is it too late to undo the damage?

Jul. 8, 2023 at 11:42 a.m. ET by Brett Arends
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The surprising way COVID-19 impacted Social Security

Jul. 8, 2023 at 10:49 a.m. ET by Alessandra Malito
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American retirement looks ‘very scary’ if Social Security or Medicare are threatened, experts say

Jun. 28, 2023 at 12:37 p.m. ET by Alessandra Malito
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Are you ‘longevity illiterate’? How to protect yourself against underestimating how long you’ll live.

Jun. 26, 2023 at 5:02 a.m. ET by Liz Weston
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Call it the baby-boomer effect: America is getting older faster than ever. What does that mean for the country?

Jun. 22, 2023 at 7:15 p.m. ET by Paul Brandus