Depression may become so severe that you can no longer go to work. Depression is considered a psychiatric disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s a significant mood ...

History of the Social Security Act . The social distress experienced during the Great Depression provided the impetus for the Social Security Act. It was among Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives to ...

We don’t have great data for 1940 on this, but as of 2022 there are an estimated 2.8 covered workers paying into Social Security for each beneficiary receiving a check from SSA. By 2035, that ...

The Great Depression saw huge amounts of suffering, inspiring Social Security. The Great Depression of the 1930s plunged the United States into an unprecedented economic crisis.

The Social Security 2100 Act would raise payroll taxes for all workers. An average worker with an annual salary of $50,000 would pay an extra $1,200 per year.

Tell us your Social Security number, and we'll tell you what state it was issued in, at least if it was assigned before 2011! Here’s what the meaning of numbers in your Social Security number ...

Former President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5, 2025. The bill was originally introduced in 2023, and it repeals two preexisting provisions that either ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has undergone some significant changes since President Donald Trump took office in January, impacting the nearly 70 million Americans who receive some form ...

So far, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has received more than 182,000 new applications since the law was passed and says it has already processed 85% of them. Are you on the list of ...

The Social Security system is insanely complicated. I often joke when I teach Social Security classes to certified public accountants (CPAs) that “at your FRA, you’re entitled to your PIA ...