What Women Get From Social Security and Pensions
Who Receives Retirement Income
WISER Fact Sheet: Social Security and Divorce: What You Need to Know
WISER Fact Sheet: Social Security: What Every Woman Needs to Know
WISER Fact Sheet: Social Security Checklist
WISER Fact Sheet: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits for Those Living with HIV/AIDS
WISER Face Sheet: Social Security: Two Approaches to Long-term Solvency
WISER Fact Sheet: Improving Social Security Benefits for Women
WISER Fact Sheet: Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination
WISER Special Report: Social Security Reform
WISER Special Report: Time for an Overhaul?
WISER, in conjunction with the Heinz Family Foundation, released What Women Need to Know About Retirement, a free e-book available for PDF download. Download Chapter 4: Six Things You Need to Know About Social Security
Social Security announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries will receive a 5.8 percent benefit increase in 2009. The 5.8 percent increase is the largest since 1982. The 5.8 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that over 50 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in January 2009. Download a fact sheet with the details.
Resources on Social Security and Social Security Reform:
Social Security Administration - You can find out what your Social Security benefit will be by calling: 1-800-772-1213 or visit the Social Security Administration web site.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research offers several policy publications for a nominal fee on social security and impact of reform on women. See www.iwpr.org/Publications/Publications.htm or call 202-785-5100.
AARP has a variety of publications for women on Social Security, reform proposals, privatization and impact on women. See www.aarp.org/socialsecurity.
National Academy on Social Insurance has a comprehensive list of policy and academic publications on Social Security financing, reforms and administration, see www.nasi.org.
The Social Security Network provides a comprehensive listing of information, facts, publications, articles and testimony.
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has useful questions and answers on their website, as well as other information about proposals to change Social Security and Medicare.
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