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Flipping Benefits Usually Not Possible Jun. 05, 2024
Women who have a smaller Social Security benefit than their husbands have frequently asked me if the... Read More
Still Nifty at 50! May. 29, 2024
My wife and I are celebrating 50 years of wedded bliss! I wrote a column similar to this one on our ... Read More
Insist On Filing a Claim for Benefits May. 22, 2024
In a recent survey I conducted, my readers gave the Social Security Administration outstanding marks... Read More
Fix Social Security With Ownership, Not More Government May. 15, 2024
The trustees for Social Security have just issued their annual report. And, as we have learned annua... Read More
You Must Pay In To Get Something Out May. 15, 2024
More than a few people are just bound and determined to believe the worst about the government in ge... Read More
Serious Numbers May. 10, 2024
I hope someday to be 100 and writing myself a birthday column, but I'm a ways from that event. What ... Read More
Social Security Administration Services: The People Speak May. 08, 2024
In last week's column, I shared the results of a survey I conducted with my readers in which I asked... Read More
Survey Says: 4.5 Stars May. 01, 2024
Well, the votes are in. Several weeks ago, I asked my readers to rate the service they got from the ... Read More
Public Employees Are NOT Being Cheated by Offsets Apr. 24, 2024
A month or so ago, I wrote a column about people who mistakenly think they are being cheated by the ... Read More
Foreign-Born Parents Not Mooching Off the Social Security System Apr. 17, 2024
Q: I am sick and tired of all these people who bring their parents over here from foreign countries ... Read More
Divorced Man's Guide to Social Security Apr. 10, 2024
Over the 27 years I've been writing this column, I have probably written a hundred columns directed ... Read More
How Many Stars for Social Security Service? Apr. 03, 2024
I've been writing this column for about 27 years. And more than a few times, I took my former agency... Read More
Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Mar. 27, 2024
In today's column, I'm going to talk about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Despite what many... Read More
Privacy Laws and Social Security Mar. 20, 2024
Social Security's privacy laws are a topic I've covered in past columns. But I can tell from my emai... Read More
Spousal and Survivors Benefits for Men Mar. 13, 2024
In the past 27 years, I bet I have written hundreds of columns explaining spousal and widows benefit... Read More
A New Fiscal Commission Must Heed the Lesson of '97 Mar. 07, 2024
The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee made news recently by announcing that if his p... Read More
You Are Being Paid Properly Mar. 06, 2024
In my 32 years of experience working for the Social Security Administration and the 27 years I've be... Read More
Book Updates Feb. 28, 2024
Over the past couple of months, hundreds of you have written to me because you've had trouble gettin... Read More
That's Not What I Meant To Say Feb. 21, 2024
I've always taken pride in the fact that I do a pretty good job of explaining Social Security rules ... Read More
Geezers, Floozies and Valentines Feb. 14, 2024
This column should be coming out around Valentine's Day. And it was 50 years ago, on Valentine's Day... Read More
