The biggest Social Security mistake women make
(By – Kelley Holland, www.cnbc.com)
Is 62 too young to claim for women to claim Social Security? That is the age at which both women and men are allowed to claim, and sure enough, 40.8 percent of the women who were newly awarded Social Security retirement benefits in 2014 were aged 62. Some 65 percent were below their full retirement age, typically 66. And just 2.8 percent of the women were 70 or older, the age at which they receive their maximum Social Security retirement benefits, according to Social Security Administration data. Read more…