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60 Minutes — Social Security overpayments: Tips to prevent them

60 Minutes Overtime

60 Minutes — Newsmakers How Social Security's overpayment mistakes can become your responsibility

60 Minutes

Terry Savage: Social Security Administration makes huge mistakes

The Chicago Tribune

Fear Over Social Security’s Future Leads Some to Claim Retirement Benefits Early

The Wall Street Journal

Social Security recipients are missing out on $182,000 by claiming too early, study finds

MarketWatch

Want to know how a Social Security benefit cut would affect you? There are calculators for that

CNBC

Another Take On Starting Social Security Benefits Early

Forbes

Social Security and Restricted Application

Reuters

15 of the best insurance and finance websites for the New Year

ThinkAdvisor

Ask Larry: Will My Wife's Spousal Benefit Increase If I Delay?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should I Still Suspend My Social Security Benefits?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Can I Withdraw My Social Security Benefit Instead Of Suspending It?

Forbes

How to Max Social Security Benefits Under the New Rules

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Social Security Isn't The Only Place To Get Dead Wrong 'Answers'

Forbes

Ask Larry: This Week's Huge Social Security Mistake

Forbes

Ask Larry: Can I Still File ​Just For My Spousal Benefit At 66?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Is File/Suspend/Reinstate My Best Option​ For Raising My Social Security​?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should We ​Both File And Suspend​ To Get More Social Security​?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should We File ​For Social Security ​Next Year?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Yet Another American Is Disgracefully Mistreated By Social Security

Forbes

Ask Larry: What Can I Do After Being Misinformed By Social Security?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Is Filing And Suspending Still A Good Idea?

Forbes

Ask Larry: When Should I File A Restricted Application?

Forbes

Ask Larry: What Benefits Can I Claim Based On My Ex's Record?

Forbes

Does It Pay to Return to Work to Boost Future Social Security Benefits?

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Will Early Spousal Reduce My Wife's Retirement Benefit?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should I Collect Spousal If My Wife Has Already Filed?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should My Wife File Just For Spousal Benefits At Full Retirement Age?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Should I File For Spousal Benefits Before FRA?

Forbes

Get What's Yours -- For Medicare Is a Must Read!

Forbes

Ask Larry: Can I Divorce To Get My Spousal Benefit?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Can We Divorce, Collect Widow's Benefits On Her Late Husband, Then Remarry?

Forbes

How Social Security Misleads About Claiming Benefits

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Should I Take My Retirement Benefit Early To Activate My Wife's Spousal Benefit?

Forbes

Why Most Retirees Lose Thousands in Social Security Benefits

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Will My Wife's Retirement Benefit Be Lower If She Stops Working?

Forbes

New GAO Study Confirms That Social Security Staff Are Routinely Making Mistakes

Forbes

Ask Larry: Is This Widow Eligible For Medicare Benefits?

Forbes

Ask Larry: ​I Got Hit By Deeming. Can I Undo The Damage?

Forbes

Ask Larry: ​Can ​My​ Extra Social Security Benefits​ From Working​ Exceed ​My​ Extra Taxes?

Forbes

Should I Divorce to Get More Social Security Benefits From My Ex?

Next Avenue

Social Security Refuses To Verify Benefit Suspension Occurred Prior to April 30, 2016 Deadline

Forbes

Ask Larry: Why Hasn't My Wife's Benefit Increased?

Forbes

Is It Time for a National Divorce Law?

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: How Can I Be Held Harmless?

Forbes

How to Avoid Making Social Security Mistakes

Next Avenue

If Social Security's 'Advice' Kept You From Suspending In Time, Call Your Members Of Congress

Forbes

The Huge Payoff From Claiming Social Security Wisely

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Which Social Security Benefit Should I Claim First?

Next Avenue

Social Security Just Ran A $6 Trillion Deficit And No One Noticed!

Forbes

Why You Should Try to Tape Conversations With Social Security

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: Should I File Early And Invest My Reduced Benefits?

Forbes

5 Social Security Gotchas That Can Cut Your Benefits

Next Avenue

Social Security Benefits for Singles and the Divorced

Next Avenue

Ask Larry: How Should We File Under The New Law?

Forbes

Will Social Security Fix Its Mistake That May Be Costing You Tens of Thousands?

Forbes

Ask Larry: File Early To Allow Spouse To Claim Full Spousal Benefits?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Will We Be Deemed If We File Now?

Forbes

Ask Larry: When Are Survivor Benefits Based On A First Spouse Optimal?

Forbes

Ask Larry: Wrong Information Means A Widow Is Now Out Of Luck

Forbes

Social Security Q&A: Should I File Early For Cash Now?

Forbes

3 Social Security Horror Stories

Forbes

Should I Divorce to Get More Social Security Benefits From My Ex?

Next Avenue

Column: 3 true Social Security horror stories

PBS NEWSHOUR

5 secrets and 5 gotchas to help you navigate Social Security’s new rules

PBS NEWSHOUR

Today is your last day to take advantage of a Social Security loophole

MarketPlace

Last call to pursue Social Security’s file and suspend strategy!

PBS NEWSHOUR

How a Bestseller Helped Change the Rules of Retirement

Bloomberg

Just 10 days left to meet Social Security’s April 29 deadline

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: What’s the real deadline for the file and suspend strategy?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Do the recent changes in Social Security rules allow you to file and suspend?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What if you can’t get an appointment with Social Security before the file and suspend deadline?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Don’t take a one-time payment. You can’t count on dying on time

PBS NEWSHOUR

When should I take my Social Security?

PBS NEWSHOUR

We’re talking about inequality all wrong

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security’s divorced widow abuse — an isolated case?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Social Security staffers are clueless about the new law

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can my ex collect Social Security on my work record?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Why has Social Security staff been breaking the new law?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Urgent message to Social Security staff — please learn the new law!

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Social Security advice for the dazed and confused

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Should you file for your Social Security benefits online, over the phone or in person?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How will getting divorced affect my Social Security benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Does the new Social Security law stop you from reclaiming your suspended benefits? Maybe not

PBS NEWSHOUR

What you should know about Social Security childhood disability benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can I return to work and still receive Social Security disability benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

When Social Security’s advice just doesn’t add up

PBS NEWSHOUR

Is the effective deadline to file and suspend later than everyone thinks?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: What you need to know about file and suspend under the new Social Security rules

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Ignore this piece of advice from Social Security to get maximum coverage

PBS NEWSHOUR

The End of Social Security Loopholes: What Now?

New York Times

Column: Widows lose thousands in Social Security benefits due to misinformation

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: 12 secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits under the new rules

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: This is not how you fix Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Congress is pulling the rug out from people’s retirement decisions

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Proposed budget bill would have devastating effects on millions’ Social Security benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Column: Does Social Security benefit the rich more than the poor?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Should you take Social Security early to avoid a likely massive Medicare premium increase in 2016?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What you should know about Social Security disability benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Do I qualify for both V.A. benefits and Social Security disability benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

A little known Social Security hack for divorcees looking to remarry

PBS NEWSHOUR

How soon after the wedding can I start collecting social security benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What happens to your Social Security benefit when you marry?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security mix-up? Here’s what you should do

PBS NEWSHOUR

Should you collect Social Security early and invest your benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security turns 80. Should we cheer or cry?

PBS NEWSHOUR

When it comes to Social Security, patience provides a tremendous return

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security whistleblower claims widows losing thousands due to agency mistakes

PBS NEWSHOUR

If Social Security tells you you’re dead, don’t believe them

PBS NEWSHOUR

The problem with quick and easy Social Security calculators

PBS NEWSHOUR

Hurray if you’re gay! Time to get what’s yours from Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Is it time for a national divorce law too?

PBS NEWSHOUR

No matter what they tell you, it’s not a question: You can suspend your Social Security benefit

PBS NEWSHOUR

Are you getting a fair divorce? The economist’s take PBS NEWSHOUR
New survey confirms no one understands Social Security. Do you?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can you collect your late spouse’s Social Security and still work?

PBS NEWSHOUR

25 examples of why you can’t trust what Social Security says

PBS NEWSHOUR

What Social Security has yet to get right: It’s your maximum age of life that matters

PBS NEWSHOUR

A cautionary tale about taking retroactive Social Security benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Playing God with Social Security fairness

PBS NEWSHOUR

10 tricks to raise your retirement living standard

PBS NEWSHOUR

20 reasons why I think Social Security is sexist

PBS NEWSHOUR

How do grandkids fit into the Social Security formula?

PBS NEWSHOUR

If you can solve this puzzle, you can maximize your Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why you should shop Social Security offices for the best deal

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why shouldn’t I take Social Security early so I can enjoy my retirement?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why maximizing your Social Security won’t bankrupt the system

PBS NEWSHOUR

Am I receiving extra Social Security credit for my military service?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Your relationship means nothing to Social Security unless you’re married

PBS NEWSHOUR

Spousal benefits, you say? Does age difference matter?

PBS NEWSHOUR

10 Social Security rules that are insane

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to get what’s yours from Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

4 reasons not to trust Social Security’s benefit estimates

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to collect your ex’s Social Security, even if you’re not speaking

PBS NEWSHOUR

How can Uncle Sam keep our unused Social Security benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security’s Christmas present: Benefit cuts for millions of disabled workers

PBS NEWSHOUR

What’s the most fiscally responsible country in the developed world?

PBS NEWSHOUR

The Best Way to Claim Social Security After Losing a Spouse

Time

How many husbands’ Social Security benefits can you collect?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security 101: Don’t count on dying on time

PBS NEWSHOUR

Are more FICA taxes worth it? Social Security as longevity insurance

PBS NEWSHOUR

Will Social Security count my big earnings if I lose my job before 66?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why does it feel like Social Security’s ripping me off?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security still discriminates against same-sex couples

PBS NEWSHOUR

Collect your Social Security as if you may live to 100

PBS NEWSHOUR

Retiring? Here’s how to get an extra month of Social Security benefits for free

PBS NEWSHOUR

When Social Security will let you take only one benefit at a time

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security denied one woman the advice she deserved

PBS NEWSHOUR

4 Social Security tips for boomers who never married

PBS NEWSHOUR

Expecting a public pension? Don’t hold your breath for Social Security too

PBS NEWSHOUR

Yes, Social Security can cancel your benefit. This is how

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can’t stand your spouse? Here’s a secret about collecting divorcée Social Security benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

You have your Social Security strategy all wrong

PBS NEWSHOUR

What’s the cost of returning to work after taking Social Security early?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What all remarried newlyweds need to know about Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

You need to dump your hubby and collect on your ex

PBS NEWSHOUR

You’re Not the Only Loser When Taking Social Security Early

PBS NEWSHOUR

How one family can collect 8 different Social Security benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Is my Social Security check fair?

PBS NEWSHOUR

The easiest way to get higher Social Security benefits: keep working

PBS NEWSHOUR

Social Security and Viagra: A case of accidental death and widows benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

How do stay-at-home parents collect Social Security?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What all Americans and their representatives need to know about Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Will Social Security Tell Me If I'm Leaving Benefits On the Table

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security should guide when you marry a younger partner

PBS NEWSHOUR

Deciding when to take Social Security widows benefits can’t get more complicated

PBS NEWSHOUR

How your lifetime Social Security benefits could be higher

PBS NEWSHOUR

What Maxing Out Your Social Security Benefits Looks Like in Dollars

PBS NEWSHOUR

What Social Security's Survivors Planner Won't Tell You About Taking Widows Benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

Your Social Security benefits depend on the specifics

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why Social Security lowballs benefit estimates

PBS NEWSHOUR

Protecting your spouse’s Social Security when cancer cuts your time short

PBS NEWSHOUR

How the Social Security system rips off poor people

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to maximize Social Security benefits if Congress targets file-and-suspend strategy

PBS NEWSHOUR

Calling out Social Security for its awful inequities

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why we need to tell Social Security who our families are

PBS NEWSHOUR

Using economic magic to pull retirement money out of a hat

PBS NEWSHOUR

Big Retirement Mistake: Thinking You Know When To Claim Social Security, When You Don't

Forbes

How one call to Social Security could doom your financial future

PBS NEWSHOUR

Yes, You Can Cash In On Multiple Exes’ Social Security benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

You’re in love: Now how do you maximize your Social Security?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security could affect your eligibility for food stamps or other public assistance

PBS NEWSHOUR

To triple-dip the Social Security system, get divorced

PBS NEWSHOUR

Even If Your Unemployment Checks Have Stopped, Think Twice About Taking Social Security Early

PBS NEWSHOUR

Avoid the Social Security Nightmare That Doomed This Couple

PBS NEWSHOUR

Do Not Take Social Security Benefits Early Just Because You Think You Can Invest Them at a Profit

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why Many Widows Lose Nothing from Taking Survivor Benefits Early

PBS NEWSHOUR

Is Social Security Contributing to the Deficit?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to Suspend Social Security Benefits and Restart Them at a Higher Value

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: I Learn Something About Social Security's Arcane Provisions Every Day

PBS NEWSHOUR

Boomers Beware: Are Online Social Security Benefit Calculators Safe?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Poor Advice May Have Denied This Woman Extra Social Security Benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security Discriminates Against Young Divorced Parents

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why Baby Boomers Are Making the Wrong Social Security Moves

PBS NEWSHOUR

Gen X and Y, It's Time to Make 'Your' Social Security Retirement Decisions

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Social Security Keeps Divorcées and Widows in the Dark About Their Benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

When Social Security's Advisers Get It Wrong

PBS NEWSHOUR

Collecting on Your Ex's Social Security: When and How?

PBS NEWSHOUR

When Life Partners Should Marry to Benefit from Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Survivor and Spousal Benefits: How Much? And When?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Am I Bankrupting Social Security by Taking Benefits I May Not Need?

PBS NEWSHOUR

The Danger of Trusting Social Security's Online Advice

PBS NEWSHOUR

When to Take Social Security When You Expect Your Spouse to Outlive You

PBS NEWSHOUR

The High Cost to Your Family of Filing for Social Security at 62, Even If You Need the Money

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can You Trust Social Security's Estimates of Your Benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Could Even Suze Orman's Social Security Advice Be Wrong?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Marriage and Divorce Affect Your Social Security Payments

PBS NEWSHOUR

Treat Social Security as Insurance Against One of Life's Most Expensive Accidents: Failing to Die on Time

PBS NEWSHOUR

Losing Your Breadwinner: Can the Family Maximum Benefit Make Things Worse?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Why I Advised a Terminal Cancer Patient Not To Take Social Security Right Away

PBS NEWSHOUR

Will There Be a Cost-of-Living Increase for Social Security Benefits This Year? If So, How Much?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why Can't America's Social Security System Be as Simple as New Zealand's?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Should We Value Our Future Social Security Benefits

Yahoo

What Happens to My Spouse's Social Security Benefit If I Die?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Is It Worth Taking Social Security Early and Investing the Benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Gay Couples Can Now Cash In On Social Security By Getting Married

Forbes

When It May Actually Make Sense to Take Social Security Early

PBS NEWSHOUR

Not Everyone Thinks You Should Wait Until 70 to Take Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can You Take More Than One Social Security Benefit at a Time?

PBS NEWSHOUR

The Perils of Taking Your Social Security Benefits Too Early

PBS NEWSHOUR

Will Social Security Benefits Increase This Year? By How Much?

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Underfunded Is Social Security and How Might It Be Fixed?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Not All Social Security Advice Is Good Advice

Yahoo

No One Should Wait Until After 70 to Take Social Security

PBS NEWSHOUR

What's the Maximum a Couple Can Collect Monthly from Social Security?

PBS NEWSHOUR

What To Do If Social Security Says You Can't File and Suspend

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to Take Social Security If You Earn a Lot More Than Your Spouse

PBS NEWSHOUR

How a 'Start-Stop-Start' Strategy Can Maximize Your Social Security Benefits

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Unfair Is Social Security's Maximum Family Benefit?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Why Not Raise the Social Security Payroll Ceiling and Other SS Questions

PBS NEWSHOUR

How to Maximize Social Security If Disabled and Other SS Questions

PBS NEWSHOUR

Inside Social Security’s Obscure Incentive to Keep Americans Working

Yahoo

Social Security's Huge Obscure Incentive to Keep Working

Forbes

What's the Best Age to Take Spousal and Survivor Benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Has My Social Security Office Given Me Bad Advice?

PBS NEWSHOUR

When To Take Social Security? There’s No Easy Answer

Yahoo

How to Delay Your Social Security and Get the Most for Your Spouse

PBS NEWSHOUR

Can an Ex Collect from His Older Ex-Wife When She Hits 66?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Real Danger of Old Age Is Outliving your Savings

PBS NEWSHOUR

How Do I Get More Social Security From My Ex?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Can Marriage, Then Divorce Be Worth $60K?

PBS NEWSHOUR

When Should I Take Social Security?-- A 'Simple' Formula

Forbes

44 Social Security "Secrets" for Current and Future Recipients

Forbes

Ten Nasty Social Security Gotchas to Avoid

Forbes

Larry Answers Social Security Questions on the Divorced, Disabled, Deceased

PBS NEWSHOUR

Larry Kotlikoff Answers Your Social Security Questions

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: If I Marry My Girlfriend in Let's Say Tailand, Can She Collect Survivor Benefits After I Kick?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Can Social Security Cover Care for Children with Down Syndrome?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Do I Need to Sell My Home So I Can Retire?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Can a Thirty Something in Good Health Collect Social Security?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: Can I Get Medicaid Without Losing Social Security Benefits?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: What Do I Do If My Ex Never Paid My Social Security Tax?

PBS NEWSHOUR

Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS?

PBS NEWSHOUR

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