Gordon Sondland
Laura Cooper
Column: Ignore this piece of advice from Social Security to get maximum coverage
Approach your longevity risk like you'd approach any other kind of insurable risk. In this case, it means waiting to collect much higher benefits.
Social Security recipients can expect no benefit increase next year
For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year, unwelcome news for more than one-fifth of the nation's population.
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