Benefits coordination can get complicated, so you should speak to both the Railroad Retirement Board and Social Security to better understand what your benefits will be.

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) gives retirement, disability and unemployment benefits to railroad workers. Workers get RRB benefits, not Social Security.

Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, will increase in January 2023 due to a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2021 to the corresponding ...

Freight and passenger railroad workers will now receive a 5.7 percent reduction to their unemployment and sick benefits due to the previous debt ceiling deal.

Beneficiaries of railroad retirement benefits will need their respective tax forms (RRB-1099 and RRB-1099-R), which the Railroad Retirement Board mails each January.

U.S. railroad workers who are considering retirement amid continued threats of a national strike might have questions about how their railroad retirement benefits could impact their Social Security ...

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers Medicare benefits for railroad retirees and their families. Also called Railroad Medicare, these benefits are typically the same as those of other ...

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers Medicare benefits for railroad retirees and their families. Also called Railroad Medicare, these benefits are typically the same as those of other ...

In 2023, for example, Congress temporarily reduced Railroad Retirement unemployment and sickness benefit payments by 5.7%. Only because NRIT was flush with cash to pay those benefits did Railroad ...

“The Budget Control Act of 2011, and subsequent sequestration orders to implement mandated cuts, required that railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits be reduced by a set percentage,” ...

In addition, the Palmetto GBA Railroad Retirement Board Specialty Medicare Administrative Contractor (RRB SMAC) administers benefits related to Part B in Railroad Medicare.