"The difficulty and confusion trying to reach local Social Security offices by phone raise emotional levels," a Philadelphia ...

If you're one of the more than 72 million people who rely on Social Security in the United States, whether you're retired, ...

The Social Security Administration is providing less information about caller wait times. Critics complain it's misleading ...

That's why it can be really alarming to receive a notice that your benefit's about to get cut in half. That's what happened ...

Social Security overpays its recipients by billions of dollars every year — and then asks for the money back. Here are some ...

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If that's your goal, build savings to supplement your benefits so you can make sure you're not relying too heavily on Social Security. If you end up socking away enough money so that half of your ...

But while it's perfectly OK to count on Social Security as a source of retirement income, you don't want to depend on those benefits too heavily. Doing so could upend your plans -- and cause you a ...