For nearly 100 years, the United States has maintained one of the world’s more successful models of social insurance, protecting Americans from the death of a spouse or parent, disability and old age ...

Social Security provides crucial financial support to Americans, protecting them from risks associated with disability, death of a spouse, and outliving savings. In Wisconsin alone, Social Security ...

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt On August 9, 1935, The Social Security Bill (H.R. 7260) was sent to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his signature. An important part of the New Deal, it was the first ...