Social Security Questions
Social security survivor benefits
I receive a pension from the teachers retirement system. I know I cannot receive my own social security. My husband..
Correct dollar amount for Windfall Profit Payback check.
I was lucky enough to get my Windfall Profit Payback deposited in go my checking account. While very pleased, how..
Social Security
Hit Terry! I heard you discussing social security with John Williams last week. You said that a divorced person has..
Social Security Request, How I Can Fulfill It, and Does It Even Matter?
I’m a retired Illinois teacher, and I’ve just received over $7,000 from Social Security in my checking account. The only..
WEP payments
I received my 2024 WEP backpay on March 5th, $7500 Direct Deposit without applying. However, I did not receive any..
SS Fairness Act Payment Received, but not larger monthly check!
Terry- On John Williams WGN show (March 12, 2025) I texted a question to you, and John read it on..
Spousal benefits
I’m a retired teacher. Worked enough college jobs to draw a small social security benefit but never received a direct..
WEP/GPO. SSI wants me to return benefits
I want to switch to my deceased husbands benefits and take mine at 70. Ssi informed me I would have..
Social security payment after death
My husband is the Executor of his Uncles’s estate. Uncle died In December of ‘24. His SS check was auto..
Social Security
I have applied for Surviving Spouse benefits under the Fairness Act and received benefits from July, 2023, to present. Am..
The Fairness Act
I am a retired teacher. My husband taught 30 years and then worked 10 years at Ace Hardware in order..
SSA
The SSA fairness act WEP/GPO: Will it be counted as earned income or uneaned income?
ssdi
Hi Terry, wanted let you know that Pam Krueger has set me up with a great advisor and am moving..
Soc. Security Fairness Act
Hi Terry, I am a retired teacher. Lost my husband of 22 years in 2020, he was 56. He paid..
SS FAIRNESS ACT AND SOCIAL SECURITY QUESTION
I love to listen to your incredible advise on WGN Radio and I thank you for your thoughtfulness to share..
WEP
I received the make up lump sum from SS this week. Will I have to report it as income next..
Payout from SSA in the past week.
Terry, I got a large payout deposited in my registered bank account from SSA. It came to me off schedule..
Received funds through Fairness Act
Hi Terry, I am a 73 year old widow and have been receiving approx $2387.00 in monthly Social Security payments...
Social Security Fairness Act and taxes
Hi Terry! I’m a retired elementary school teacher (73 years old and divorced) and am eligible for an increase in..
social security — stopping my checks!
I just received a letter from Social Security that as of March 2025 that they are stopping my retirement benefits...