Social Security retirement age
Unpacking the Effect of a Change in Retirement Age
As noted in the last two days’ Headline posts on this site, the rhetoric is building on the subject of changing the Social Security full retirement age as part of the strategy to avoid the program’s projected payment shortfalls. It’s…
Social Security Advisory Board Nominee Drawing Concerns
The nomination of Andrew Biggs, former principal deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), for a seat on the Social Security Advisory Board has sounded some alarm bells in the U.S. Senate. As reported in a Newsweek article by…
Means Testing for Social Security…Where do the Republican Candidates Stand?
By now, anyone who’s been paying attention to Social Security’s steadily deteriorating financial position is keenly aware of the long-term implications of Congress taking no corrective action. Many suggestions for program restructuring have been put forth by a number of…
Reasons Behind the Rush to Early Filing
A recent study by asset management company Schroders reports that “40% of respondents who haven’t yet retired plan to begin receiving Social Security benefits between the ages of 62 and 65.” In discussing the reasons behind this statistic, The Motley Fool’s…