SSA and Treasury Department officials underscored that neither agency will ever request payment to expedite or set up benefits. Individuals facing hardship or without access to digital payment methods ...

Congress didn’t eliminate taxes on Social Security income; the deduction is a back-door way to reduce seniors’ taxable income, including the retirement benefits. For example, a high roller or ...

There is an array of opinion about government safety nets. What should they encompass? Should they even exist? Watching ...

We also worry that our Social Security and Medicare benefits will be stripped away. We rely on them to live. We both paid ...

The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, undersecretary of health in the office since April 2023, will take over as the agency’s secretary on ...

Truong Nguyen took the name, birth certificate and Social Security number of a Boston boy who died in 2002 at age 13.

From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key ...

Bill Cassidy's proposal would establish a new fund to ensure the Social Security Administration doesn't reach its insolvency date.

A Vietnamese national living in Braintree has been sentenced to prison for stealing the identity of a dead 13-year-old for ...

A new bill in Massachusetts would ban federal law enforcement officers, including ICE agents, from wearing masks while ...

Rep. John Lawn, the point person for the House on most health care matters, said Monday he expects the new law to be ...