Combined SSI and Social Security: If you receive both and your Social Security start date predates May 1997, you’ll see the ...

It's important to choose the right filing age, since it will have an impact on the amount of money Social Security pays you each month.

One nice thing about Social Security is that older Americans get to choose when to take retirement benefits. You can sign up ...

If you wait until full retirement age (FRA) to sign up, you'll get your complete monthly benefit based on your wage history.

You can sign up for Social Security at the same time, but you may not want to for one big reason – filing for benefits at 65 could lead to a permanent reduction in those monthly payments.

Once you sign up for Social Security, it could take a while for your first payment to arrive. Contact the Social Security Administration if your first payment doesn’t show up three months from ...

That’s why, for the most part, when people sign up for Social Security at age 62, they lock in a reduced monthly benefit for life. And that could be a problem if you end up living a long life.

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.

If you signed up for a Social Security online account before Sept. 18, 2021, you may need to update the way you access your benefit information. We'll show you how.