Could the Social Security Fairness Act Raise Your Benefit? | EP 89

Make It Personal Podcast · Sep 17, 2026 · 4m

Could the Social Security Fairness Act increase your monthly Social Security benefit, or change the retirement income plan you built years ago?

For decades, the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset reduced Social Security benefits for many people who also received pensions from work that was not covered by Social Security. Teachers, firefighters, police officers, government employees, spouses, surviving spouses, and people who moved between public- and private-sector careers were often affected.

Those two Social Security reduction rules are now gone for benefits…