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Social Security commonly ends up being an essential retirement income source for a lot of older Americans. And you may be planning to have those benefits represent a notable chunk of your retirement ...

March 31, 2013— -- Every time you go to a new doctor or dentist and they give you a clipboard brimming with documents to fill out and sign, notice how they always ask for your Social Security ...

Times change, and the places where you should never give your Social Security number are not as obvious as they might have once been. Safeguarding your Social Security number is one of the best ways ...