Answers to 100 frequently asked questions about social security retirement benefits

Summary:

"For most Americans, Social Security is their largest financial asset, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and indexed against increases in the cost of living. It is also an incredibly complicated program, consisting of 2,728 core rules and thousands of codicils. As a result, Americans lose billions of dollars in unclaimed benefits every year. The editor of this book has sifted through many thousands of pages of SSA publications to find the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Social Security retirement benefits and how to maximize them and presents them here in a useful and coherent manner." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Presents information about the benefit programs provided by the Social Security Administration

Record details

ISBN: 9781566494021
ISBN: 1566494028
ISBN: 9781566494014
ISBN: 156649401X
Physical Description: 123 pages : charts, forms ; 23 cm
Edition: Revised and updated for 2020
Publisher: New York, NY : Welcome Rain Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This book is not published, authorized, or endorsed by the Social Security Administration."--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 123)
Formatted Contents Note:	Background -- Basics -- Eligibility -- When to apply -- Applying -- Spouses, dependents, and survivors -- Once you are retired -- Recent changes -- The future of Social Security