Retirement
A Home Health Aide With No Retirement Savings Checked Her Social Security Statement for the First Time at 49 — Here’s What She Found
Roughly 40 percent of Americans say Social Security will be their primary — or only…
Retirement
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Retirement
This 25-Year-Old Has No Retirement Savings and One Parent on Social Security — The Reform Debate Keeps Her Up at Night
The conversation started the way many important ones do — over paper plates and lukewarm…
Retirement
A Detroit Dental Assistant Posted His Financial Panic Online at 50 — The Social Security Earnings Limit He Discovered Upended His Entire Plan
The comment appeared beneath one of my earlier pieces on early retirement timing. It wasn’t…
Retirement
After Identity Theft Wrecked His Credit, This Richmond Daycare Owner Lives and Dies by His Social Security Payment Date
The block party on Fern Street in Richmond’s Northside neighborhood was winding down when my…
Retirement
I Met a Man Who’s Counting on Social Security at 62 to Survive — Then We Found Out What Working Could Cost Him
What would you do if the financial lifeline you had mapped out for retirement came…
Retirement
His Ex-Wife’s Hidden $34,000 Debt Surfaced at 56 — Now This FedEx Driver Is Rethinking His Entire Social Security Timeline
Nearly 67 million Americans receive Social Security benefits, yet according to the National Council on…
Retirement
A 67-Year-Old HVAC Tech in Minneapolis Is Collecting Social Security While Paying Child Support — and the Numbers Are Brutal
Most people believe that collecting Social Security at full retirement age means the hard part…
Retirement
Driving for Uber at 61 and Behind on Property Taxes — How One Spokane Woman Is Rethinking When to Claim Social Security
What would you do if you were one year away from your earliest shot at…
Retirement
After Her Husband Died, She Feared Debt Collectors Could Take Her Social Security — The Answer Surprised Her
Roughly 4.4 million surviving spouses currently receive Social Security benefits in the United States, according…
Retirement
She Fought Fires for 20 Years, Got Hurt on the Job, and Watched Her Benefits Claim Get Denied
What would you do if the job that defined your entire adult life suddenly left…