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A government audit revealed that the Social Security Administration had incorrectly listed 23,000 people as dead in a two-year period. These people sometimes faced difficulties in convincing government agencies that they were actually alive; a 2008 story in the Nashville area focused on a woman who was incorrectly flagged as dead in the Social Security computers in 2000 and had difficulties ...
Earnings in all years prior to two years before the current year are indexed for inflation. This is done by multiplying the amount credited to the Social Security earnings record in any given year by an indexing factor. The indexing factor is the ratio of the Wage Index two years before the current year to the Wage Index during the earnings year.
It is known commercially as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The file contains information about persons who had Social Security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration from 1962 to the present; or persons who died before 1962, but whose Social Security accounts were still active in 1962.
Millions of retirees rely on Social Security for their income. But after someone dies, Social Security also provides death benefits. Many people don't know much about this death benefit and how it ...
One very important factor in this regard is the Social Security survivors benefits, essentially a transfer of the deceased’s retirement payout, which a widow or widower can receive once they ...
Social Security is a critical source of retirement income for millions of Americans. However, there is ongoing concern about the Social Security's long-term financial sustainability. Social ...
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The Social Security Fairness Act would cost $196 billion over the next decade, hasten Social Security’s insolvency by about six months and increase the automatic benefit cuts when they occur ...