Apr 26, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Since 1956, our Social Security system has protected American and their families against the loss of wages in the event of a serious and life-altering disability. Disability is a risk that all Americans face—an estimated 1 in 4 of today’s 20-year-olds will become...
Apr 26, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Although it is most often associated with retirement benefits and the elderly, Social Security is also the nation’s largest children’s program, insuring about 98 percent of children against the loss of support in the event of the death or serious and permanent...
Apr 26, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Until the Supreme Court struck down the offensively-named Defense of Marriage Act on June 26, 2013, married LGBT couples did not have access to the full range of Social Security’s family protections guaranteed to other Americans. Yet, even then, same sex couples could...
Apr 26, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Since it was created, our Social Security system has provided all working Americans a path to earning vital retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits, regardless of wealth or income level. Even as our economy has improved, many middle class Americans have...
Apr 4, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Our Social Security system is neutral with regard to race and ethnicity, but because African Americans tend to have lower earnings over the course of their working years and little access to employer sponsored retirement plans, Social Security is particularly...
Apr 4, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Our Social Security system is neutral with regard to race and ethnicity, but because American Indians and Alaska Natives tend to have lower earnings over the course of their working years and little access to employer sponsored retirement plans, Social Security is...
