That's
because early retirees, though their monthly benefits are less, are receiving those reduced benefits over a longer period.
Not exact matches
Despite the permanent reduction, however, many
retirees start benefits at the
earliest opportunity, either
because they don't understand their options or to make ends meet.
Often people want to continue working until later in life, but the survey found that 50 % of
retirees left the workforce
earlier than planned, and of those, 60 % left
because of health or disability problems and 27 %
because changes in their company such as downsizing or closure.
Nearly seven in ten (69 %) of middle - income
retirees would have liked to have stayed longer in their old careers, but had to leave
earlier than they planned for «reasons beyond their control,» the report says — most commonly
because of health problems (39 %), being laid off (19 %), or to care for a loved one (9 %).
And so, his observation, and this is looking at real data about
retirees, is that the
early retiree years, so just after you retire at 65 or whenever that might be, tend to be the higher spending years in many
retirees» plans; and that is
because maybe they have pent up demand to do stuff with their money — whether it's travel or other leisure activities.
Only 7 % of
retirees were able to retire
early because of good planning.
This request comes as the County is still calculating savings from
early retirees, who are not required to state their intention to retire until
early October, the fact that County Executive Picente is looking to work with unions to freeze wages for this coming year, and
because of the need to plan for appropriate job losses in the event that the wage freeze proposal is not accepted.
Second,
retirees claim Social Security
early because they believe they can earn a higher return by taking benefits
early and investing the money.
Almost one in four current
retirees did so
earlier than expected
because of circumstances under which they had no control, such as ill health or corporate downsizings.
New
retirees in the 1990s may have not saved enough or retired
early because an outstanding market performance may have brought them to their traditional wealth accumulation goals
earlier than expected, when the reality is that they may end up needing more than expected to fund their retirements.
Prior to January 1, 2014, when guaranteed issue of insurance coverage, elimination of preexisting condition exclusions, and several other critical ACA protections took effect for individual health insurance coverage,
early retirees between ages 55 and 64 often faced difficulties obtaining insurance in the individual market
because of age or chronic conditions that made coverage unaffordable or inaccessible.