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Under § 215 of the Social Security Act (42 USCS 415), old-age insurance benefits are computed on the basis of the wage earner's "average monthly wage" earned during their "benefit computation years," which are the "elapsed years" (reduced by five) during which their covered wages were highest. Under the pre-1972 version, the computation for ...
Social Security gradually moved toward universal coverage. By 1950, debates moved away from which occupational groups should be included to how to provide more adequate coverage. [37] Changes in Social Security have reflected a balance between promoting equality and efforts to provide adequate protection. [38] In 1940, benefits paid totaled $35 ...
The government is facing a backlash after it rejected compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age. ... which argues 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly ...
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."
During her retirement, Fuller collected a total of $22,888.92 (equivalent to $497,793 in 2023) in Social Security benefits. [14] [15] As monthly payments increased in the 1950s and 1960s, Fuller typically received the first check issued for the new amount, which was usually the subject of news reports. [16]
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1950 - Social Security Amendments of 1950, Pub. L. 81–734 1952 - Social Security Amendments of 1952, Pub. L. 82–590 1954 - Social Security Amendments of 1954, Pub. L. 83–761
Flemming v. Nestor, 363 U.S. 603 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of Section 1104 of the 1935 Social Security Act.