Addresses Social Security issues, research, news, and reform.

Up-to-date information about Social Security, Medicare and other retirement issues.

Retirement planning. Is Social Security really broken? Plus, the truth about "The Notch".

Information about retirement planning. Plus information to help you intelligently participate in the debate about the future of Social Security.

ASEC's advice on saving for retirement. Social Security should be only one leg of a three-legged stool, with pensions, and personal savings and investments.

Social Security column by Betty Grubbs.

Research on Social Security and other retirement issues for policymakers and the public. Are you saving enough for retirement?

Primarily offers articles and analyses of the US social security system.

Information about Social Security benefits: the Notch, Social Security reform, what you need to know when you get benefits.

Answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security retirement benefits.

Extra help with prescription drug costs for people who need it most.

Social Security's and Medicare's roles in planning for financial security in retirement.

Research and education resource for Social Security, pension, and retirement-related policies.

Public school teachers in 15 states receive lower Social Security benefits because of the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision. See what the NEA thinks of that.

Dorothy Clark is Social Security's public affairs specialist in Wilton Manors, Florida.

News, information and opinion on Social Security.

Official site, with news, trends, budget, publications, and comparison with similar systems in more than 170 countries.

Official online application for benefits.

Social Security benefit estimate program, ANYPIA, for personal computers.

Information about Social Security is available in many languages in addition to English and Spanish.

Social Security Protection Act of 2004 requires government employers to disclose effects of Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset to new employees hired for jobs not covered by Social Security.

Information about the annual automatic Social Security statement, an official estimate of future benefits.

Answers to common questions about Social Security, from benefits consultant Stanley A. Tomkiel, III.

In several states, public school teachers receive lower Social Security benefits because they do not pay into Social Security. Information about these rules. Plus Medicare eligibility for teachers.

Relatively simple shifts in a retiree's investment strategy can reduce taxes on Social Security benefits.

Information for railroad workers, retirees, and their families. The RRB, a federal agency, administers a separate social security system for employees of the railroad industry.

The Committee conducts oversight of Social Security.

Conservative seniors group's views on Social Security and Medicare benefits and other retirement issues.

Legal counsel for the elderly on Social Security and other government programs.

What is the notch? Whose benefits does it cut? Will it ever be changed?

Automatic adjustments to Social Security and Medicare for 2005. Projections for 2006.