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The United States Social Security Administration ( SSA) [2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant ...
Retired Social Security. In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance ( OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). [1] The Social Security Act was passed in 1935, [2] and the existing version of the Act, as amended, [3 ...
The American social security system (1949) comprehensive old overview. Burns, Eveline M. Toward Social Security: An Explanation of the Social Security Act and a Survey of the Larger Issues (1936) online; Davies, Gareth, and Martha Derthick. "Race and social welfare policy: The Social Security Act of 1935." Political Science Quarterly 112.2 ...
Making Changes So Lower Income Earners Get More. One way to protect Social Security is to provide more money a month to support lower income people, while decreasing benefits for higher income ...
An annual government report offered a glimmer of good news for Social Security and a jolt of good news for Medicare even as both programs continue to be on pace to run dry next decade.
You can apply for Social Security benefits online, by phone at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778), or in person at your local Social Security office (appointments are recommended). You should ...
Description. US-SocialSecurityAdmin-Seal.svg. Seal of the United States Social Security Administration. It appears on Social Security cards. Source. Extracted from PDF file of the SSA's 2008 budget request (direct PDF link here ), and colorized based on images on the SSA home page. Author.
Still, this year’s Social Security boost is above the historic average. Experts say senior citizens had received an average cost-of-living increase of 2.6% over the previous two decades. This ...