Attention, Social Security recipients. There’s some big changes coming your way very soon. The Social Security Administration announced via press release on Tuesday that it has started to send out retroactive benefits to anyone who may have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) as well as the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

Former President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5, 2025. The bill was originally introduced in 2023, and it repeals two preexisting provisions that either reduced or eliminated benefit payments for approximately 3.