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1 day ago

Some Social Security Retirees Could Get $1,000 Extra Thanks to this Social Security Rule Change

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, potentially increasing monthly Social Security benefits for many public workers.
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2 months ago

Congress Quietly Changed a Social Security Rule in 2026 and Most Retirees Haven't Noticed

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed on January 5, 2025, eliminated two reductions known as the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. In plain terms: if you received a pension from a job that did not pay into Social Security, such as many state and local government positions, those provisions had been cutting your Social Security benefit, sometimes dramatically. Now they cannot.
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