[Magdalen] Feeling flu-ey. I'm sure it's a passing phase.

[Ann Markle]

Here we can get a reduced Social Security benefit at age 62 (that's why I
waited till I was 62 to retire, though it turns out I don't need the
benefit yet).  My age cohort gets full Social Security (pension) at age 66
(up a year from my brothers' age cohort at 65).  If we wait till age 70, we
get 8% extra per month, but most analysts say that it doesn't pay off, in
the long run, to wait till age 70.  We all still get Medicare at age 65.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 31/12/2014 06:45, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>
>> yeah... who knew I'd be counting the days, nay, years until the big 65...
>> just for the insurance.
>>
>> Lynn, self insured in the big TX
>>
>
> Just hope it stays at 65 as it's creeping up this side of the pond.
> Official pension age is rising over the next few decades.  It has been a
> double whammy for women who thought they would get their pension at 60 but
> will find it rise to 65 by 2018 and 66 a couple of years later when men's
> pension age goes up from the current 65.
>
> Roger
>