It's Your Money: Social Security, Massachusetts and the Future

AARP knows that you work hard and pay into Social Security, so it's only fair for you to expect to get the money you've earned. Social Security is your money - you earned it through a lifetime of hard work. Social Security is essential for helping to cover living expenses and pay your bills.

AARP is hearing from thousands of older Americans who are confused and concerned about their Social Security.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is walking back a plan to implement burdensome new in-person measures for identity verification that could have prevented millions of older Americans from applying for benefits by phone.

AARP and other advocates for older Americans and people with disabilities opposed the plan to restrict phone service for benefit applications since the SSA announced it in mid-March. Read More Here.

We still need your voice in this fight to create better customer service. Email your lawmakers today and tell them to strengthen Social Security customer service.

Take action now to protect our hard-earned Social Security.

Nearly one in five Massachusetts residents—1,294,623 people—receives Social Security benefits. These payments inject more than $22.6 billion into the state’s economy every year.

The largest group of beneficiaries in Massachusetts are its 921,297 retired workers, who account for 71.2 percent of all Social Security beneficiaries in the state.

Nearly 2,000 Social Security Workers Leaving Field Offices
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Massachusetts has 182,588 residents who receive Social Security disability income, representing 14.1 percent of the state’s Social Security beneficiaries.

If politicians don’t take action to protect and save Social Security in the next 10 years, your Social Security could be cut by 20 percent – an average of $4,000 a year.

AARP's Social Security Resource Center has the answers to important questions, so when Americans are thinking about retirement, they know how to access what they've earned.
These resources include:
• A benefits calculator to help you determine the amount of money you will receive at various ages.
• Answers to common questions to help you understand your Social Security
• A place to take action and tell your elected officials how important Social Security is to you and your family.

Take action now to protect our hard-earned Social Security.