RSSA in the News

Barron's | Worried About Social Security Under Trump? What to Know About Claiming Early.

Published: January 24, 2025

At your full retirement age, you receive 100% of your earned benefit. If you can wait three more years until 70, you’ll receive 124% of what you would have gotten at full retirement age. “The math is very powerful,” says Martha Shedden, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts.

U.S. News & World Report | How Much Could Trump’s Social Security Pick Impact Your Benefits? What to Expect in 2025

Published: January 22, 2025

“It’s scary to me,” says Martha Shedden, president and cofounder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts. She worries about Bisignano’s lack of background in public policy and wonders if his business experience may lead him to take risks with Social Security trust fund money…

U.S. News & World Report | Social Security Fairness Act: What It Is and Will It Affect You

Published: January 10, 2025

“The WEP (couldn’t) completely eliminate that Social Security,” says Martha Shedden, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts. The maximum reduction was about $600. But the formula used for the GPO was different. “That (could) entirely eliminate those benefits, especially spousal benefits,” according to Shedden.

Newsweek | New Social Security Law May Face Problems Under Trump—Economist

Published: January 9, 2025

Martha Shedden, president and cofounder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, told Newsweek: “The level of chaos and cost to the SSA that implementation of this hurried passage of a two-year old proposal, will be tremendous. This January 2023 bill was proposed with a start date of January 2024. With no amendments made, or even considered, an entire year of retroactive payments is now – in January 2025 – required.”

CBS News | Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by Biden, enhancing retirement benefits for millions

Published: January 7, 2025

That said, the new law does not address the “tremendous financial impact on the trust funds and the challenging [Social Security Administration] implementation procedures that will be required,” said Martha Shedden, president of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts.

Newsweek | Some Social Security Beneficiaries Could Get Hit With Higher Tax Bills

Published: January 6, 2025

Martha Shedden, president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts, told Newsweek: “The Act will increase the payments of those affected by the repeal of the WEP and GPO rule. This will include a retroactive payment back to January 2024 up to the time SSA begins issuing payments and then monthly from that point on.”