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GREAT NEWS FOR PERSONS ON PUBLIC GOVERNMENT PENSIONS

The Social Security Administration is eliminating penalties on public workers who receive pensions from federal, state or local governments. 

If you were a government employee and are now receiving Social Security benefits you may be able for a large increase due to this new rule. If you were denied Social Security benefits because you had a government pension, you may now be eligible!

In the past, Social Security benefits were reduced or eliminated for persons like teachers, firefighters, police officers or other government employees who didn't pay into Social Security. 

 If you receive a retirement or disability pension from
a federal, state, or local government based on your
own work for which you didn’t pay Social Security
taxes, your Social Security benefits could be reduced.
You may not have received any payment at all from Social Security.  *Public Law 98-21, Social Security Amendments of
1983, approved April 20, 1983.

Now, in 2025, this penalty is being done away with.  You will soon be able to receive full Social Security benefits.  If your Social Security award was reduced because you receive a government pension--you should apply now for the increase by contacting your local Social Security office.

This new rule is under review by Social Security to determine how to implement it.  But it can mean millions of dollars of increases in Social Security pay for those who have pensions from federal, state or local governments.

This is too important to ignore.  It effects thousands who once worked for cities, counties, states or the federal government. You may get hundreds of dollars (or thousands) per month based on this new rule.  Call your Social Security office to check whether you are entitled to a larger (or a new) benefit.

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