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Social Security
Understanding the Benefits # 10024
25 pages
Video
How Social Security Can Help you Plan for Retirement
30 minutes
Payments if you are living outside of USA # 10137
Social Security’s retirement benefits
Social Security benefits last as long as you live and increase with the cost of living. These benefits, including Medicare, provide a foundation on which to build a financially secure retirement. Savings and pensions are the other two legs of the stool for your retirement plan.
A secure, comfortable retirement is every worker’s dream, especially now that we’re living longer, healthier lives, we can expect to spend more time in retirement than our parents and grandparents did. Achieving the dream of a secure, comfortable retirement is much easier when you plan your finances.
Get your Personal Statement, Records and Retirement Estimate ONLINE
Social Security also provides a lump-sum death payment of $255. Your spouse and young children can receive benefits equal to a $354,000 life insurance policy.
Social Security’s disability program for an average family is equivalent to a private disability insurance policy worth over $233,000.
Social Security's Planning Tools
- Retirement Benefits Publication 10035
- What is your retirement age?,
- Use the benefit calculators to test out different retirement ages or future earnings amounts,
- More about Social Security programs,
- What happens if you work after you retire?, and
- How do certain types of earnings and pensions can affect your benefits?
- Retirement options,
- How members of your family may qualify for benefits,
- How to apply for benefits and what supporting documents you'll need to furnish, and
- Apply for retirement benefits.
- Retirement Check List # 10377
Consumer Links & Resources
Get your Personal Statement, Records and Retirement Estimate ONLINE
Outline of Questions on Social Security
Nolo Press Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions - Get the most out of your retirement and Medical Benefits.
Cost of Living Increase socialsecurity.gov/
Spousal Benefits socialsecurity.gov/
If your self employed - how to pay your premiums - taxes publication # 10022
Social Security Handbook
Social Security & Medicare
OFFICIAL online Enrollment and Benefit Calculator
Going out of Country - No coverage under Original Medicare - Get Quotes and enroll ONLINE 