The larger a monthly check you start out with, the less benefit cuts are likely to hurt you. So it could pay to wait until ...

Should I sign up for Medicare and Social Security at the same time? Here's what to know Find out how these programs work together and how that might affect your enrollment decision.

You may be having a hard time figuring out if 62 is a better Social Security filing age than 70, or vice versa. But actually, resolving that debate may be easier to arrive at than ...

The Social Security Administration calculates what's known as your primary insurance amount (PIA) first. This is the benefit ...

Rather, you can sign up at any point once you reach age 62. And since 62 is the soonest you can sign up, it’s the most popular age for claiming Social Security.

But clearly, that's a pretty big range. Let's examine the pros and cons of filing for Social Security at each of these ages so you can make a more informed decision. Age 62 is the earliest age to sign ...

While you can start collecting Social Security benefits at age 62, should you collect early or delay?

Newsday talked with financial advisers for advice on when you should sign up to start receiving benefits, and an expert on the politics of Social Security explains why there are proposals to raise ...

62, 65, 67, 70. All these ages are important when it comes to Social Security and Medicare. And these ages are also targets in the contentious debate over how to shore up the shaky finances of the ...

Now one good thing is that Social Security will typically pay recipients up to six months of retroactive benefits. So let’s say you don’t sign up at age 70, but you sign up six months later.

You should typically sign up for Medicare around your 65th birthday. You can apply for age-based Social Security between ages 62 and 70. You may be able to delay signing up for some parts of Medicare.

Full retirement age for Social Security has been slowly increasing to 67, hitting the milestone this year. Here's what it means for Wisconsinites.