I can't speak to spousal benefits affected by this passage. I can tell you, my wife worked for the state of Ohio for thirty years, retiring at age 48. She began collecting retirement right away from Ohio Public Employee Retirement System. She then went to work for a private company outside of government for 11 years, paying into Social Security for 44 quarters.
She applied for Social Security at age 65, and her benefits were drastically reduced due to her state pension. The passage of the Social Security Fairness Act will allow her to collect what she has earned, based on the amount she has paid into it.
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