I have an update and one more question. My wife signed up for SS mid August 2021. She was 67, one full year past her full retirement date. Her monthly SS started in September and her amount was the number reached in December 2020. We just received a ...

I am 66 soon to be 67. My wife just turned 67 and today she applied for SS benefits.  We are still working full time but both plan to cut back to 40% employment next summer.  I have an employer health plan that I will keep for another year until I cu...

Thanks again! A friend - age 69 - signed up for benefits within the last year. His comment about the process was that the got more than he expected monthly and he received an "adjustment" check within a few months.  I plan to set my start date for No...

Thank you @fffred, once again you have helped me understand the rules.  Another point of confusion I  have had is the existence of an increasing monthly benefit.  Once again the SSA estimator showed no increase.   According to the table on this page ...

I turn 67  on 10/10/21.  I have decided to start SS this year.  I want to time my start to take advantage of the one year delay in starting SS.  I was born in 1954 so I believe my full retirement age is 66 and 0 months. When I use the SSA,gov estimat...