Here's the difference: we now have boomers through xers eligible.
Eligibility is based on birth year and retirement age. I wish I had been able to wait a couple of years for "full" benefit for my birth year (1954) but since then have had to make do.
That aside, I recommend save, save, then consider non-US retirement location so as not to be impacted by administrations who don't appreciate who made America strong... and only their rich friends and family (in that order) have safety nets (also out of the US, btw).
#VegasStrong
Phil Harris, actor and showman, to John Fogerty of CCR: “If I’d known I’d live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”