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

[Joseph Cirou]

My doctor just told me about the two other shots. I just had received my
flu shot fromwork when I had my appointment. They were scheduled because I
was over 65.

I am still working but I have received social security since shortly before
my 65th birthday on the advice of the social security agent I spoke with.
That first year, there was a hiatus after a few monthsbecause I had gone
over the salary limit (they had advised me this would happen.) Then when
everything kicked in by 2009 I have received an increase every year because
of the additional wages and also cola. I had ssn from adjunct faculty work
in the 80's, but my real work career began in 1995 and I had the 40
quarters well before 2008. Part of it was having ssn from my various
secular jobs plus getting it some of my music positions, notably St. John
Vianney for over 8 years.

Joe

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:50 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Social Security benefit is based on the amount paid in with taxes (FICA),
> and it’s largely a lump sum (there’s a little leeway for cost of living
> adjustments).  The amount you get per month is calculated from the time you
> start until your 88th birthday.  The extra 8% is to cover that amount - it
> really isn’t extra, it’s just a recalculation of the monthly benefit.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
> > On Dec 31, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>