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The U.S.’s Social Security Administration is poised to distribute another batch of benefits payments for January 2026.

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If you are 55 or older, you might not consider yourself a person of advanced age. But your age could help you qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits if you can no longer work ...

Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger and Senator Mike Lee re-introduced the Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it added 13 conditions to its Compassionate Allowances (CAL) list, ...

Of the over 71 million Americans who receive regular Social Security payments, some may have begun receiving smaller checks. However, the payments should arrive on schedule nonetheless. The final ...

The "Compassionate Allowances" list speeds up the process to apply for disability for people with certain diseases and medical conditions. The Social Security Administration said on Monday it wants to ...

The U.S.’s Social Security Administration is poised to distribute another batch of benefits payments for January 2026.

'The amount I received was equivalent to someone who never worked receiving Supplemental Security Income.' Dear Help Me Retire, In 1994, I was working as a registered nurse making very good money for ...

Social Security benefits can stop entirely if you are convicted and imprisoned over 30 days. SSDI and SSI payments pause or ...