(In those days the earnings test applied
even after full retirement age, so people would consider delaying their benefits if they wanted to continue working after age 65.)
Not exact matches
If you delay your claim until your
full retirement age — which ranges from 66 to 67 depending on when you were born — or
even longer, until you are
age 70, your monthly benefit will grow and, in turn, so will your surviving spouse's benefit
after your death.
The
age at which you can receive
full retirement benefits is already scheduled to increase to 67 for anyone born in 1960 or
after, and it's likely to go
even higher.
Every year
after that you lose another $ 2,400 of your advantage until you reach a break
even point, 15 years
after your benefits began (or 12 years
after your
full retirement age).
You can also boost your monthly payment above the normal amount by delaying your start date
even after you reach
full retirement age.
If you begin receiving benefits more than three years before your
full retirement age, the break -
even point will be about 12 years (144 months)
after you reach
full retirement age.
The social security program allows you to begin receiving benefits the month
after you reach
age 62, or to wait until your
full retirement age, or
even later.
Even if you don't plan to receive benefits right away, or decide to wait until
after you reach
full retirement age, you still should sign - up for Medicare three months before your 65th birthday.
The break -
even point is the number of months
after the start of your benefit when the total of all your delayed payments will be equal to the total you would have received if you started your payments at
full retirement age.
The
age at which you can receive
full retirement benefits is already scheduled to increase to 67 for anyone born in 1960 or
after, and it's likely to go
even higher.
People who qualify for social security
retirement benefits can begin receiving those benefits in the month
after they reach
age 62, or any month
after that,
even though they won't reach
full retirement age for a few more years.