An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety ...

An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety ...

Key Points Filing for Social Security early will mean reducing your monthly benefits for life. You could be looking at a 30% ...

Agency officials discussed the rise in Social Security claims in an internal meeting, which wound up on YouTube.

Retirees are paying the agency $100 for certified earnings records because "they're afraid of our systems going down." ...

So let's say you decide to claim Social Security early and reduce a $2,000 monthly benefit to $1,600. That's the amount of ...

Claiming Social Security at 62 will reduce your monthly benefits for life. You might actually come out a winner financially by filing early. There are different things getting the money early ...

if you have great health in your early 60s plus a family of long lives, those are indications that a later filing could make more sense. Questions to ask before claiming Social Security at 62 Just ...

But if you don't end up living a very long life, suddenly, an early Social Security claim pays off a lot more and a late claim pays off a lot less. So you may want to consider filing for benefits ...

One of the nice things about Social Security is that you get a choice as to when to take benefits. Once you turn 62, you can pretty much sign up at any age. But there's a reason Social Security ...