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    <title>topic Social Security Fairness Act - Elimination of WEP/GPO - Back Money Starts Hitting Accounts in Social Security</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-02-25-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SSA.gov - Press Release 02/25/2025 - Social Security Announces Expedited Retroactive Payments and Higher Monthly Benefits for Millions- Actions Support the Social Security Fairness Act&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;from the link ~&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a "non-covered pension") because they did not pay Social Security taxes. The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;==================&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Watch your bank account for these added funds. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:28:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Social Security Fairness Act - Elimination of WEP/GPO - Back Money Starts Hitting Accounts</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-02-25-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SSA.gov - Press Release 02/25/2025 - Social Security Announces Expedited Retroactive Payments and Higher Monthly Benefits for Millions- Actions Support the Social Security Fairness Act&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;from the link ~&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a "non-covered pension") because they did not pay Social Security taxes. The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;==================&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Watch your bank account for these added funds. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:28:21 GMT</pubDate>
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