TRANSFER INCOMES, especially retirement pensions and unemployment benefits. The provision of such benefits varies greatly from country to country, being particularly generous in Scandinavian countries and Germany The ratio of employer and employee...

In the United States, Social Security refers to a set of programs, including old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, for the elderly and their dependents. This particular use of the term "social security" relates as much to the...

The term Social Security has several uses. Canada Pension Plan - Canadian Social Insurance Social security - the general concept of providing welfare Social Security (United States) - the United States retirement/disability program Social Security...

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-07-2005 SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Date: 08-07-2005, Sunday Section: LIVING Edtion: All Editions Column: SOCIAL SECURITY Q. My husband was convicted of a DUI offense and sentenced to 18 months in jail....

Around 2.7 million people have incorrect Social Security payment information on a needed tax document, the Social Security Administration said Thursday as the agency moved quickly to mail out corrections.The document affected is the Social Security Benefit Statement, or Form SSA-1099. That document is needed...

In another jab at his chief rival, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says in an ad released Sunday that the country needs an honest dialogue about Social Security in order to fix the system.Obama launched the spot a day after he directly challenged Hillary Rodham...

Robert M. Ball, a former Social Security commissioner considered by many as its chief defender and the father of Medicare, has died at age 93.Ball's death Tuesday was announced by the National Academy of Social Insurance, which he founded in 1986. No cause was given.Ball...