How Social Security Spousal Benefits Impact Claim Date

If you’re nearing retirement, perk up.

Fritz from Retirement Manifesto shares an article by Dana Anspach, CEO of Sensible Money, how her Social Security plans may have changed.

How Social Security Spousal Benefits May Change My Claim Date [Retirement Manifesto] – “After 18 years of writing about Social Security and conducting hundreds of analyses for singles, couples, widows, widowers, and divorcees, I figured I had my own claiming strategy nailed down.

So, when I finally ran my own customized analysis, my eyes popped open in astonishment at the recommendation I saw!

Naturally, I assumed I’d claim at 70—not a day earlier. That’s the go-to advice for healthy, married high earners.

I was 100% certain the software would confirm it.

But it didn’t.

Here’s what happened.“

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