Questions and Answers on Social Security
June 7, 2010 by MJP
Filed under Social Security
I’ve covered numerous topics on Social Security retirement benefits here at Go To Retirement. I think I’ve learned a lot doing the research. But it’s always good to get retirement planning advice and opinions from multiple sources. So today I have a tip for readers to find that advice, using questions submitted by you and others.
< The Bucks blog in the “Your Money” section of the New York Times is soliciting questions about Social Security. These questions will be submitted to a guest expert who hopefully will be answering a lot of them, perhaps in a consolidated fashion.
I’ve looked at some of the questions. Some people are quite confused and need a good education, starting with reading their annual Social Security statement. Others plead sob stories specific to them. Let’s hope that some of the questions lead to good advice about different benefit strategies for workers and their spouses.
To ask questions and/or read the answers, here is the link to Taking Questions on Social Security.
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I have been approved for Social Security Disability. I have been trying to find out if my son who turned 18 in August will be eligible for benifits since he is attending Bowling Green State University. He is a full time student. I hope you can answer this question since I have been told by numerous people that he will. Thank You Franklin E. Cotterman at cotfrae12@aol.com
I am a retired Social Security employee. The general rules for children to be entitled to monthly checks are as follows:
unmarried and under age 18 or:
unmarried and full time high school student up to age 19 (sometimes extended a couple of months past 19) or:
unmarried and totally disabled prior to age 22.
There are no payments to college students as that program was phased out in the early 1980′s.
If you are eligible for payments for some months prior to your son’s 18th birthday he would be entitled to receive payments for these months.
I hope this helps
I turn 65 in feb.2011 can i sign up for s.s. and continue working my present full time job.
The amount of your earnings from work can affect your eligibility to receive Social Security checks until you reach your full retirement age. People born 1943-1954 have a full retirement age of 66. So if you work in 2011 at age 65 you are limited to earnings (wages plus self employment) of $14160 in order to receive your checks this year, starting with the month you apply. If you earn over $14160 then Social Security will withhold $1 in checks for every $2 you earn over $14160. If your earnings are high enough it is possible you cannot collect any Social Security checks while working full time.
You can apply for part A of Medicare at age 65. Filing for parts B and D would depend on if you have current cover through work for medical visits and prescription drugs.
I would like to no if it is possible to collect off of a larger name of social security than just a check from a job born at the whitehouse 04/02/1958 Caroline Kennedy Now Barry Lynn Holloway would like research done to no how much I am intitiled to and any settlements