Go Banking Rates | 4 Ways a Lower Social Security Age Might Help You — and 4 Ways It Might Not

Published: September 9, 2024

Martha Shedden, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, explained to GOBankingRates in an email that while some people might want to start collecting their retirement benefits earlier than age 67, usually, there aren’t talks about lowering the retirement collecting age. “This is because most of the media, and those of us helping clients with their Social Security, are focused on the solvency of the Social Security trust funds — specifically, not being able to pay full benefits if changes are not made to the program by 2033/2034,” Shedden explained.

Press Release | LeadStar and RSSA Announce Partnership to Optimize Agent Access for Social Security Education Platform

Published: August 27, 2024

LeadStar, the proprietary, private leads platform created with and exclusively for AmeriLife-affiliated agents, announced today that it has partnered with Registered Social Security Analysts (RSSA), a premier organization dedicated to advancing Social Security advisory skills, to offer a new feature to the ever-expanding LeadStar platform and its diverse offerings available…

Yahoo | I’m an Economist: Here’s What the 2025 Social Security COLA Should Be To Keep Up With Inflation

Published: August 25, 2024

Many experts, however, argue that this is not a correct metric to use to gage inflation changes for the purpose of Social Security benefits — and that, in turn, these benefits are taking a major hit. For instance, Martha Shedden, president and co-founder at the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, called the use of the CPI-W an “unrealistic representation of what retirees spend money on.” As she explained, there has been a push to instead use another index, the consumer price index for elderly (CPI-E), which is designed to reflect the spending patterns of households with individuals age 62 or older more accurately…

BottomLineInc | 4 Reasons to Take Social Security Benefits Early

Published: August 23, 2024

RSSA President & Co-Founder, Martha Shedden contributes a story to BottomLineInc. She writes about four potential reasons to claim benefits early.

NewsNation | When is the best age to take Social Security?

Published: August 19, 2024

“There is no perfect age, it is very specific to each individual, couple and family,” said Martha Shedden, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts.

ThinkAdvisor | Real Social Security Talk with NARSSA Co-Founder Martha Shedden

Published: August 6, 2024

“On this episode of the Ask the Retirement Expert podcast, ThinkAdvisor Senior Reporter John Manganaro speaks with Martha Shedden, president and co-founder at the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, about the past, present and future of Social Security.”