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We can turn on the Social Security spigot as early as age 62. Doing so means you'll get smaller checks but more of them. (Delaying collecting can sometimes make your benefits bigger.) However ...

The study also concluded fewer than 1% of those workers would optimize benefits by claiming before age 66. Yet, about half of newly awarded retired workers start Social Security before age 66 in ...

SSI recipients will get two checks in May — one on May 1 (the check for May 2025) and a second on May 30 (the check for June) ...

At the same time, being that you're 66 years old, you're right around your Full Retirement Age, depending on your birth year. Do you have questions about retirement, Social Security, where to live ...

The Social Security's payment schedule is typical for April, but recipients who get Supplemental Security Income benefits will get two checks in May.

The full retirement age for Social Security is set to increase in 2025, with the age for new retirees to claim and receive their full benefit rising to 66 years and 10 months. Matson Money founder ...

Here's a closer look at when you might want to start collecting your Social Security benefits. Each of us has a full retirement age -- which is 66, or 67 for those born in 1960 or later.