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answers as: ‘ I don’t want my benefits cut. I would rather wait until I am 65 and draw the full amount”, or “I understand that I would have to stop work in order to draw benefits, and I don’t want to quit work.”
It is true that everyone who receives old-age benefits before age 65 receives a reduction in their benefit. However, they can usually receive a substantia] amount of benefits before their 65th birthday, and it would be several years before they would be ahead by waiting until they became 65. In an average case, you are ahead for about 15 years when you begin receiving benefits at age 62.
TTie idea that one must stop work entirely in order to receive benefits is incorrect. Many people are able to continue working exactly the same as they have in the past and still receive benefits for every month. Others with higher income may receive checks for some months each year, even
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