The Social Security Fairness Act ends both the WEP and the government pension offset, increasing the Social Security checks for more than 2 million retired public servants.

The Social Security Fairness Act repeals WEP and GPO, two provisions that reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for certain federal annuitants.

MITCHELL: The U.S. Social Security system faces insolvency within just a few years, by 2033; after that, retiree benefits cannot be paid in full, unless the system is reformed. This Act is projected to hasten the system’s insolvency date by about half a year.

Current and former public sector workers in Massachusetts are hailing the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act.

According to Joe Elsasser, a certified financial planner and the founder and president of Covisum, the law could result in a substantial wave of new Social Security claims by people at all stages of retirement — particularly those who would have had spousal benefits reduced to $0 by the Government Pension Offset.

President Joe Biden signed a bill on Sunday that will repeal two laws previously preventing many public employees from receiving Social Security benefits.