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How Am I Affected by the Social Security Fairness Act?

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President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law on Jan. 5, 2024 .

This is good news for the approximately three million current retirees, their spouses, ex-spouses, and surviving spouses whose Social Security benefits have been slashed over the years .

Repealing WEP will result in a significant boost in monthly income and will change retirement income for many public-service workers.

Marcia Mantell : The pending Social Security shortfall is not new news.

The proposals to repeal WEP and GPO were introduced in every Congress since the 107th — back in 2001 when George W. Bush took office.

There are many more Social Security fixes needed to restore confidence of millions of American retirees and pre-retirees.