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To: onedoug

Yikes 62 doesn’t sound to good if your spouse is still working.


4 posted on 07/25/2012 3:08:16 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: windcliff
Is your spouse older than you? Who do you think will die first? Does/Will your spouse draw more money than you?

If your spouse is older than you and draws or will draw a bigger SS check than you and will probably die before you, it makes sense to get your Social Security as soon as you can. When one spouse dies and both are on SS, the surviving spouse gets the larger of the two checks.

My father was disabled due to triple bypass in his fifties. He drew a larger check than a regular SS check. (BTW, why does SS disability pay more?) My mother, 8 years younger and healthier than my father, started drawing her Social security at 62. It was a wise decision. When Dad died, Mom got his larger check, so her reduced benefits check no longer mattered.

28 posted on 07/25/2012 4:13:18 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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