Lawmakers want to trim spending, and one of the ways they're considering is increasing the ages at which people can collect their full Social Security benefits or begin taking Medicare. We asked members of the Times-Union Email Interactive Group for their opinions on raising the ages and what...
Well, you're all missing the elephant in the room. The social security trust fund. Back in the 80's the boomers has a choice -- they could limit retirement age for themselves, or they could put more money away. They chose to raise the social security taxes...
The Future of Social Security Concerns have been raised about theaging of the U.S. populationand the viability of a system in which fewer active workers willsupport a greater number of retireesas the cost of living continues to rise.
In bashing AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus complains that Trumka got angry at the suggestion that the retirement age for Social Security be raised in response to the increase in life expectancy in recent decades. Apparently, Ms. Marcus did not know that the ...
The age for required minimum distributions was raised to age 72 from the previous 70½.13At the end of 2022, SECURE 2.0 was passed by Congress. As of 2023, the new required minimum distribution age is 73 years old.14 Are Social Security Recipients Getting an Extra Check in 2024?
A few weeks ago, …Uruguayans…went to the polls to decide on a proposition that raised some eyebrows both at home and abroad: the nationalization of private social security, along with the lowering of the retirement age from 65 to 60 and the establishment of a minimum pension equivalent to...
Old-AgeBenefitfortheretired老年退休福利 •Managedbythefederalgovernmentdirectly由联邦政府直接管理•Beginfrom65yearsold从65岁开始可以退休并获得退休金•In1983,agewasraisedto66by2009andto67by20271983年，政府把退休年龄从2009年起改为66岁，2027年起改为67岁。Medicare医疗保险 ...
Contrary to this trend for earlier pensions, theUnited Stateshas raised the future pension age in two steps from 65 to 67 in response to the long-run financial prospects for the pension scheme. A development pioneered by Norway in 1972, and since followed by more and more countries, was to...
Physical distancing practices during the COVID-19 global pandemic contributed to a high degree of social isolation among older adults. To reduce loneliness and other ill effects of social isolation, public health experts recommended outdoor social gather
Pensions, in general, are considered qualified employer-sponsored plans, which makes them subject torequired minimum distribution (RMDs)rules. This means participants must begin taking distributions at the age of 73 or face a hefty penalty.7(The age was raised to 73 from 72 as of Jan. 1, 20...