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• Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed - January 6, 2025

• GPO/WEP Repeal, long an FMA Issue Brief, signed into law by President Joe Biden - provides boost to Social Security payments for current and former public employees

  Fatima Hussein, The Washington Post

  President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs.

  Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.

  The bill rescinds two provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government.

  To read the full article, click here.

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