Tag: Social Security

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About a third of retired households end up relying almost exclusively on Social Security, because they didn’t save for retirement. Social Security is not likely to be enough. To get Oregon workers better prepared, the state took the initiative in 2017 and started rolling out a program of individual IRA accounts for workers without a 401(k)…

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A majority of workers do not know a crucial piece of information about their retirement: how much married couples can expect to receive from Social Security. The program will one day be the most important source of income for millions of Americans. But they showed their lack of understanding of how benefits work in a…