Your Social Security benefits are based on your work history. While most people only need to work 10 years to qualify for ...

You must also have a certain number of Social Security work credits — how many credits you need for disability benefits depends on how old you are when your disability began — and generally, half of ...

Questions on when to take Social Security benefits, what inflation-adjusted earnings are and more are answered in today's column. SDI Productions / Getty Images I recently did a couple of media ...

Readers are always asking me if I could recommend a good book about Social Security. I always steer them to Social Security: Simple and Smart - 10 Easy-To-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts. By Mark Miller Many older ...