A new Social Security proposal is drawing national attention as policymakers search for ways to strengthen the program’s ...

Two senators have a plan to save Social Security from the 2032 deadline. It involves borrowing $1.5 trillion and the stock ...

From taxing all earnings to slowing COLA, here are the six Social Security ideas Congress keeps returning to, and who would ...

Social Security's trust funds are set to run out within the decade. If that happens, benefits could be slashed by around 20%. There are several potential solutions on the table, but nothing is ...

Benefit limits could do a lot to solve Social Security's fiscal problems, CRFB suggests. But check the fine print. Here's a new proposal to fix Social Security: Cap future payments at $50,000 annually ...

A Washington think tank published a new paper on what it calls the "six-figure limit" and how it could aid Social Security's ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS A proposal to cap Social Security benefits at $100,000 annually for couples could save the program billions of dollars.There are varying cap options that offer different levels of ...

A proposal to cap Social Security benefits at $100,000 struck a nerve. Here are the details, and 7 other ways to shore up the program.

In January 1940, the very first retired-worker benefit check was paid from Social Security's coffers. Every year since this first payment was doled out, the Social Security Board of Trustees has ...