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Social Security Retirement
You can start your Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62 or as late as age 70. Your monthly benefit amount will be different depending on the age you start receiving it. If you choose to: Read more
Social Security Survivors
When a person who has worked and paid Social Security taxes dies, certain members of the family may be eligible for survivors benefits. Up to ten years of work is needed to be eligible for benefits, depending on the person's age at the time of death. Read more
Social Security Disability
The Social Security disability insurance program (sometimes referred to as SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain family members if you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Read more
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program pays benefits to disabled adults and children who have limited income and resources. SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older without disabilities who meet the financial limits. Read more
Medicare
Medicare is our country’s health insurance program for people age 65 or older. Certain people younger than age 65 can qualify for Medicare, too, including those who have disabilities and those who have permanent kidney failure or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Read more
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Social Security reaches almost every family, and at some point will touch the lives of nearly all Americans.
Social Security helps not only older Americans, but also workers who become disabled and families in which a spouse or parent dies. Today, about 164 million people work and pay Social Security taxes and about 50 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits.
Most beneficiaries are retirees and their families—about 34 million people.
But Social Security was never meant to be the only source of income for people when they retire. Social Security replaces about 40 percent of an average wage earner’s income after retiring, and most financial
advisors say retirees will need 70 percent or more of pre-retirement earnings to live comfortably. To have a comfortable retirement, Americans need much more than just Social Security. They also need private pensions, savings and investments.
The Social Security Administration wants you to understand what Social Security can mean to you and your family’s financial future.
The current Social Security system works like this: when you work, you pay taxes into Social Security. The tax money is used to pay benefits to:.
* People who already have retired;
* People who are disabled;
* Survivors of workers who have died; and
* Dependents of beneficiaries.
The money you pay in taxes is not held in a personal account for you to use when you get benefits. Your taxes are being used right now to pay people who now are getting benefits. Any unused money goes to the Social Security trust funds, not a personal account with your name on it.
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