A Social Security award letter is the document used to notify you that your application for Social Security benefits has been approved and you will receive payments. The Social Security ...

and if nothing is done this will result in about a 20 percent cut to everyone’s Social Security monthly benefit. Understanding what the trust fund actually is and how current federal budgets work ...

Retirees who stop working at the Full Retirement Age, currently set at 67, can receive a maximum benefit of $4,018 per month. If benefits are claimed at the earliest possible age of 62, that maximum ...

So, whether it's a big jump or a small one, you can pretty much always expect to get a boost to your monthly benefit checks ...