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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Introduction -- What Is Social Security?: A Retirement Plan for Everyone -- Social Insurance -- The Beginnings of Social Security: Roots in the Great Depression -- The Scope of the Act -- The First Beneficiaries -- The History of Retirement: The Evolution of Leisure -- The Rise of America's Middle Class: A Retired Class is Born -- Funding Social Security: Paying It Forward -- Investing Its Funds -- Running Out of Money? -- Is Social Security Unfair to Young People? -- Fixing Social Security: Countering the Myth of Collapse -- Will Social Security Go Bankrupt? |
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Determining Your FRA -- Figuring Your Life Expectancy -- How to Apply for Benefits: Getting Started with Social Security -- Other Ways to Apply -- What Should You Know? -- The Documents You'll Need -- Estimating Your Benefits: How Much Are You Going to Get? -- Your Statement -- Disability Benefits: When You Can't Work Anymore -- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) -- Applying for Disability Benefits -- Family Disability Benefits -- Ticket to Work -- Supplemental Security Income: Adding to Your Disability Benefits -- Where Did It Come From? -- Who's Eligible? |
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How Could Social Security Be Fixed? -- Estimating the Political Price -- Getting a Social Security Card: Joining the System -- How Early Should You Get a Card? -- Applying for Your Own Social Security Card -- What to Do if You're a Noncitizen -- Replacing a Lost or Stolen Card -- Changing Your Name -- Protecting Your Social Security Number: Guard Against Identity Theft -- Identity Theft in the United States -- What to Do -- Qualifications for Receiving Benefits: Who's Eligible? -- Who Else Qualifies? -- How Much Will I Get? -- Your Full Retirement Age: When You're Expected to Retire. |
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When-If Ever-Should You Take Early Benefits? |
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Getting Social Security If You're Living Abroad -- Regular Questionnaires -- Benefits for Children: Protecting Young People -- Children Who Are Eligible for Benefits -- Divorced and Child-in-Care -- Children of Divorced Parents -- Taxes on Social Security Benefits: Giving the Government What's Theirs -- Figuring Your Income -- Examples of Social Security Benefits Tax -- Your Tax Rate -- Working in Retirement: The Pluses and Minuses of More Income -- The Benefits of Working -- Annual Earnings Limit -- Taking Benefits Early: Don't Do It Unless . . . -- A Case History -- The Issue of Life Expectancy. |
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How Is Your Benefit Calculated? -- How to Apply for SSI -- Children with Disabilities: Protecting Your Offspring -- If You Became Disabled in Childhood -- If You're the Parent of a Disabled Child -- Disability Reviews -- If Your Child Wants to Work -- Medicare -- Spousal Benefits: A Key Element of Social Security Claims -- Whether to File -- Applying for Spousal Benefits -- Survivors Benefits: Living after the Breadwinner Is Gone -- Who's Eligible? -- How Much? -- Other Beneficiaries: Who Else Can Get Benefits? -- Veterans -- Military Benefits and Social Security. |
Summary |
A crash course in retirement benefits! Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a die-hard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101 cuts out the tedious explanations and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you learn all you need to know about the federal program that's been around since the Great Depression. From the history of social security to its likely role in the future, this primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts that will keep you engaged as you learn how to maximize your benefits. So whether you want to learn about calculating your retirement age or estimating your projected payments, Social Security 101 has all the answers—even the ones you didn't know you were looking for. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
Other edition |
Original 9781440599224. |
Subject |
Social security -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Old age pensions -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Retirement income -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medicare -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Series |
Adams 101
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Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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ISBN |
9781440599231
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424FB55C-BD74-470F-B38E-38BE5E178E18 OverDrive |
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