Women often are paid less than men and live longer, so it's critical that they know their Social Security options to ensure ...

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to increase Social Security benefits for widowed Americans as well as people who are divorced yet still entitled to benefits from their deceased ...

High earners receive a greater Social Security benefit than low earners. To calculate your benefit amount, the Social ...

Your benefit will be about one-half of your spouse’s at their full retirement age (provided they wait until then). You generally can’t file for spousal benefits until your spouse has already filed for ...

You can only sign up for spousal benefits at a certain time. There's a maximum amount of money you're eligible to collect. If Social Security is paying you spousal benefits, you can't get other ...