How is Social Security awarded in the U.S.?

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The federal Social Security system provides limited retirement and death benefits to certain employees and their dependents. The Social Security system is administered by the Social Security Administration. Social Security benefits include 1. retirement benefits, 2. survivors' benefits to family members of deceased workers, 3 . disability benefits, and 4. medical and hospitalization benefits. Under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), employees must make contributions (i.e., pay taxes) into the Social Security fund. An employee's employer must pay a matching amount. Social Security does not operate like a savings account. Instead, current contributions are used to fund current claims. The employer is responsible for deducting employees' portions from their wages and remitting the entire payment to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Under the Self-Employment Contributions Act, self-employed individuals must pay Social Security contributions, too. The amount of tax self-employed individuals must pay is equal to the combined employer-employee amount.

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