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A brief history of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and how it affected Social Security
This article discusses the Windfall Elimination Provision for Social Security benefits.
Social Security rules for public employees and for spousal benefits are removing restrictions as of 2026, which should help millions of couples.
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Congress quietly changed Social Security in 2025 - and most retirees haven't noticed
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminated WEP and GPO, sending $17 billion in back payments to public-sector retirees. Here ...
The passage of the Social Security Fairness Act marked a significant shift in retirement benefits across the United States, ...
The Fairness Act raised Social Security benefits for millions, but a retroactive cap and unexpected taxes have left some ...
On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) into law, repealing two onerous Social Security provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government ...
Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that had quietly penalized millions of public workers for decades, and the ...
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