{"id":741,"date":"2012-07-13T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/?p=741"},"modified":"2025-08-24T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:38:55","slug":"social-security-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/index.php\/social-security-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Estimates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It used to be that every year the Social Security Administration would mail you and I our own personal estimate of our &#8220;account&#8221; (if you want to call it that). \u00a0This four page document would show us what we had paid in and what we could expect as a benefit. \u00a0It would even show what your spouse and\/or chidden could expect as a survivor benefit. \u00a0This last one, if you really love your family, should have urgently prodded you to obtain the life insurance policy you have been neglecting to secure.<\/p>\n<p>All that changed a couple of years ago. \u00a0Gone are the annual statements we received in the mail. \u00a0Today, the Social Security Administration has brought about some technology,<\/p>\n<p>Effective May 1, you can obtain your report online. \u00a0After creating your account, you are able to sign on and get the most current information regarding you and your Social Security info.<\/p>\n<p>You can setup your account and see what awaits you at the end of the Social Security rainbow by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsecurity.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.socialsecurity.gov<\/a> . \u00a0Be prepared to answer many questions as you build your account. \u00a0This process is to correctly and securely identify that you are really you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can setup your account and see what awaits you at the end of the Social Security rainbow <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","category-life","category-retirement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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