Can you take Social Security benefits as a lump-sum payment?

There is indeed a little-known Social Security claiming strategy that provides a lump-sum payment, but it’s not without its ...
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91% of Social Security Fairness Act benefit increases, lump sum payments have been processed, agency says

The Social Security Administration has now processed about 91% of cases related to a new law that is prompting higher benefits and lump-sum retroactive payments for nearly 3 million people, according ...