Aug 10, 2016 | Reports & Resources, State Reports
Our Social Security Works for America series of reports is written for public officials, members of the press, advocates, educators and other concerned citizens. In addition to providing information about Social Security’s history, character and vitality, as well as...
Aug 10, 2016 | Reports & Resources, State Reports
Our Social Security Works for America series of reports is written for public officials, members of the press, advocates, educators and other concerned citizens. In addition to providing information about Social Security’s history, character and vitality, as well as...
May 9, 2016 | Fact Sheets, Reports & Resources
Congressional Candidates on Social Security Alabama U.S. Senate – Sen. Richard Shelby (R) Alaska U.S. Senate – Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) Arizona U.S. Senate – Senator John McCain (R) Arkansas U.S. Senate – John Boozman (R) California U.S....
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...