Mary Beth Franklin

Public speaker on Social Security, Medicare & retirement; former columnist at InvestmentNews; former senior editor at Kiplinger's magazine; ebook author; CFP.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

@RunnymedeCap @WadePfau @sirjohnhargrave @Covisum @inspiredmoneyfm @bjeaglefeather What a great conversation. Thanks for bringing together a dream team
of Social Securuty experts , Andrew. You did a marvelous job moderating the wide-ranging discussion.

[CFP Board @CFPBoard]

We are pleased to announce Mary Beth Franklin (@MBFretirepro) as a speaker at #CFPConnections26. One of the country’s leading experts on Social Security and Medicare, she brings decades of insight on retirement income planning. Register now: https://t.co/zUWVANi6iS

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Thank you to #InvestmentNews for honoring me with the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award last week. Read about my award and my journey from journalist to #CFP professional in my latest column (https://t.co/kagTHHkSQP).

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

I was honored and delighted to receive the #InvestmentNews 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award this week in New York City for my decades of work to make Social Security claiming a crucial part of #retirement income planning.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

The combined Social Security retirement, survivors and disability Trust Funds are projected to be able to pay 100% of total scheduled benefits until the third quarter of 2034, unchanged from last year’s report, according to the 2026 Trustees report released today.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

I am so proud of my husband, Mike Volpe, who won SIX awards at last night’s #NovaInternationalFilmFest for his latest screenplay, Troubadour’s Last Note, including Best Screenplay and Artist of the Year!

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Beware of new email scam from “US Social Security Department”. It looks official but it’s not from the Social Security Administration. Log on to your account at https://t.co/k5NMTMq4KK after Nov. 19 to see impact of the 2.8% COLA on your benefits.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 75 million Americans will increase 2.7% in 2026. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $56 per month starting in January.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Social Security turns 90 today! The nation’s bedrock retirement program provides income to about 70 million beneficiaries. But it is in desperate need of bipartisan congressional intervention to ensure it can continue to pay full promised benefits to current and future retirees.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Social Security Trustees report released. Combined retirement and disability trust funds expected to be exhausted by 2034–one year earlier than projected last year.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Security Fears Could Reverse Trend Towards Later Claiming Ages
https://t.co/K4N1e17rUF

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

✨ It’s here! Women and Wealth by Cary Carbonaro is now available!
This book is for anyone ready to rethink how we build, manage, and celebrate the upcoming wealth shift.  https://t.co/WztwuIe6M9
👏 Let’s go! #WomenAndWealth #NewRelease #EmpoweringWomen

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Another attempt to undermine the Social Security system. If Musk and his team of muskrats are such technical wizards, let them update the antiquated SSA computer system rather than firing workers so critical to the delivery of customer service.

[Charles Hall -- Hall & Rouse, P.C. @SocSecBlog]

Dudek plans to convert wide swaths of Social Security to schedule F, making it easier to fire them. https://t.co/65JVyBp3Cc

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

SSA extends start date for new identity proving procedures by two weeks to April 14. New rules, including two-step authentication, applies to those newly applying for SS benefits or changing their bank direct deposit info.

[Social Security @SocialSecurity]

Beginning on April 14, #SocialSecurity will perform an anti-fraud check on all claims filed over the telephone and flag claims that have fraud risk indicators.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

“Moving fast and breaking things may be a mantra in Silicon Valley, but it is reckless and dangerous when applied to Social Security,” the Alliance for Retired Americans said today. “Cutting off telephone services with virtually no warning is not just irresponsible—it’s cruel.”

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

It was my pleasure to join @DeanBarber and @MartinJames on America's Wealth Management Show to discuss the Social Security Fairness Act. https://t.co/gHC3e7NklO

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Social Security Administration says millions of affected public sector retirees would receive lump sum retroactive benefits in March and larger monthly payments beginning in April as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act. SSA originally estimated it would take a year.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

Acting Social Security commissioner Michelle King stepped down this weekend after clashing with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the New York Times and Washington Post reported. King refused to provide access to closely held SSA data about millions of Americans.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

@christine_benz @X Keep posting, Christine. We’re still listening and appreciate your insights.

[Mary Beth Franklin @MBFretirepro]

The Social Security Adminstration says it could take more than a year to implement the new Social Security Fairness Act’s future and retroactive benefits for many public employees due to budget constraints and federal hiring freeze.