Turning 62 Obamacare and when to take SS (marriage, coverage, retirees)
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Another way I look at it is by waiting to 70 it is exactly as if your employer gave you, this is in addition to your salary, a Christmas bonus of $20,190 every Christmas from age 62 to 70. Yeah, that $20,190 after tax Christmas bonus is yours every year and that makes it awful hard to quit. Working full time that's an extra $10.00 per hour added to my hourly pay.
Social security isn't a retirement it's "old age insurance" for against the time you can no longer work and I believe a good portion of people would be better off it more looked at it that way.
Also speaking of ObamaCare and health insurance.
At 65 you will be picking up Medicare and it ain't free. With my supplements it's the best insurance I've ever had but the total cost of Part B, Plan G and Plan D is right at $300 every month and the Part B, currently $134/month, comes right out of your social security benefit so that $891 will be coming to you less $134 so your can expect a check for $757. From here expect to spend an additional $165 or so for the supplements.
In retirement you can never have enough money...
Been saying that for years, few listen. So many friends in 50's talk about retiring. Finally told them I have 10 times or more than what you have and you are in worse health than me. Self employed and did work 'for the man' years ago. So I know how bad working for someone can be.
Told them to go talk to a retirement pro if they won't listen to me.
Been saying that for years, few listen. So many friends in 50's talk about retiring. Finally told them I have 10 times or more than what you have and you are in worse health than me. Self employed and did work 'for the man' years ago. So I know how bad working for someone can be.
Told them to go talk to a retirement pro if they won't listen to me.
I know I am one of the lucky ones.
The man I work for is a great guy to work for and I absolutely love what I do in the sense I don't want to quit something that is that much fun to do.
Been saying that for years, few listen. So many friends in 50's talk about retiring. Finally told them I have 10 times or more than what you have and you are in worse health than me. Self employed and did work 'for the man' years ago. So I know how bad working for someone can be.
Have only glanced at the details here, but have you factored in the income limit of 15K when drawing SS.
SS is reduced after that .
Currently, if working,
up to year of FRA, $1 for $2 reduction starts at $16,920
during year of FRA, up to month of FRA, $1 for $3 reduction starts at $44,880
after FRA, no reduction at all
Currently, if working,
up to year of FRA, $1 for $2 reduction starts at $16,920
during year of FRA, up to month of FRA, $1 for $3 reduction starts at $44,880
after FRA, no reduction at all
Currently, if working,
up to year of FRA, $1 for $2 reduction starts at $16,920
during year of FRA, up to month of FRA, $1 for $3 reduction starts at $44,880
after FRA, no reduction at all
At that rate if I had taken at 62 I would never have seen a penny and I am not that highly paid.
When my wife passed at age 60, and I filed for Survivor's benefits, and I continued working for $14/hour for 6 years, I didn't get any payments until I hit FRA at 66, at which time I did quit working.
But the good news, which I didn't understand at first, is when I did start getting payments, they were for the full FRA amount (on the wife's record). Had payments started at age 60, they would have been reduced for "early" retirement.
And so I was financially able to stay on that Survivor's benefit until age 70, and then switched to my own record with the 32% DRC increase.
When my wife passed at age 60, and I filed for Survivor's benefits, and I continued working for $14/hour for 6 years, I didn't get any payments until I hit FRA at 66, at which time I did quit working.
But the good news, which I didn't understand at first, is when I did start getting payments, they were for the full FRA amount (on the wife's record). Had payments started at age 60, they would have been reduced for "early" retirement.
And so I was financially able to stay on that Survivor's benefit until age 70, and then switched to my own record with the 32% DRC increase.
I'm a fan of waiting as long as you can on SS. I plan on taking out as far as I can to get close to 870 if possible. IF not, no way do I take it before FRA. The benefits are huge.
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