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By Terry Savage on March 09, 2025 | Social Security

I just received a large amount of money from SS. Why?

Terry Says

Likely your benefits had been reduced because you also get a public pension. The new Social Security Fairness Act decreed that you would get full benefits — and a payout retroactive to Jan 2024 for the higher benefits you would have received all last year.
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