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Public-sector retirees can now collect their full Social Security

Biden signs 'Fairness Act' into law

BY DUNCAN FREEMAN
Posted 1/10/25

About 2.5 million retired public-sector workers can now reap the entirety of their Social Security benefits. 

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden Sunday, eliminates two 1980-era loopholes that kept some Social Security benefits from public employees earning pensions.

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