if my SS check was sent on time. I am so freaked out about this I can't get enough courage to go and ask or even go online and check.

medicare coverage on your account

SS and only SS you probably will not.

I worked for a public school district and did not pay into SS for 20 years. (I *did* pay into it for almost thirty years with other jobs.)

Here's a link to the SSA site's explanation: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/program-explainers/windfall-elimination-provision.html

I got hired by the State while working for the Feds so I quit.

I went back to work for the Feds again in 1991 as a temp.

I paid into SS when I was a temp. but not otherwise.

They sent me a check when I quit in 1995.

That check was not a whole lot but had I left it, I might have gotten something out of it via WEP.

Oh well.

Too late now. I had no idea at the time = none.

where you paid into SS. This affected people who worked for many years both with paying into SS and not paying.

You might want to stop talking about this.

Your withdrawal should have been reported to SS when you retired, and your SS should have been subject to a WEP reduction all of these years. Because it (apparently) wasn't reported and you didn't have a WEP reduction, you don't get a one-time partial repayment of the reduction back now.

BUT - if you should have (and didn't) report it when you started drawing social security, you may have been getting more than you were entitled to through the end of 2023. If that is the case, they can still go back and ding you for overpayments for every year from when you started drawing SS and the end of 2023. (In other words, what they don't know won't hurt them - but it MIGHT hurt you - especially if you're not only talking about it here - but also in real life where someone in SS might be able to connect the dots).

that didn't have SS taken out but most like my husband worked for many years where it was taken out. They used to reduce what you normally would get for the amount paid in but Joe changed it.

It’s the WEP (Windfall Elimination Provision), which reduced SS if you had a Government pension, that has been eliminated. Biden signed it in early January, but in all fairness, it had widespread bi-partisan support.

account if they paid the actual deduction over the years they would owe me about 90K

They aren't giving it all back - but the WEP elimination was made retroactive to 1/1/2024.

but now hardly saying anything. Why is everyone so afraid of Trump? He's a paper tiger like most bullies that cry if anyone goes after them.

Passed the House 327-75

Passed the Senate 76-20

Republicans controlled the House and it passed cloture easily in the Senate.

Why it was more than expected. Was concerned about that difference. Glad to know I don’t have to pay it back.

Not once. Ever.

Glad you are able to get by!

GOP isn't really all that opposed to the government teat - as long as it's the 'right' people pulling on the teat.

Nothing for me unfortunately and no widow's pension either.

When my husband started getting his SS retirement, I used the online calculator to determine
if I would get any benefit, but because of the offset my amount was a negative number so I didn't apply. The law provided for retroactive payments of 12 months. Since I had never applied my retroactive payout was 6 months. I received that a couple of weeks ago. I moved it from checking to saving as soon as it hit the bank.

Republicans gotta be thirsty for a way to pretend they support Social Security, especially after firing half of the SSA. Taking credit for a predecessor's accomplishments is as traditional as blaming them for your own failures.

That vacuum could be large enough to accommodate a few million voters. We need better braggarts in our corner.

The WEP elimination provision was passed in December 2024, retroactive to 1/1/2024. Trump/Musk had nothing to do with it.

They are taking credit for automating the calculation process and getting the checks out in March for the majority of recipients, rather than the much slower process originally anticipated.

At a job where the social security tax was withheld; however, the benefit was reduced by a pension from State or local government (called the government pension offset).

The Social Security Fairness Act was passed to remove the government pension offset and allow those retirees who paid into Social Security for 10 years to now receive benefits (and I think, past benefits denied due to the government pension offset).

The act was retroactive to 1/1/2024, so only one year of past benefits denied). Once the complicated dust settles for my spouse, she will get back 12 months of the 21 months they had denied her.

At age 70. I'll continue to work until they fire my ass, but I have no choice but to start collecting my SS pension.

I have been privileged to be employed for 50 years, with the exception of a 10 month stint in 2023. It gets harder to find employment as you grow older. Nevertheless, I found a brave company willing to hire me. A French company, of course.

At least I could sleep at night.
President Biden tried to help people while the Felon only thinks about how he can harm people.

a month and going straight to savings. I figure with all the insecurity going on I need to boost savings account.

Unlike my pension and annuities.