How Is COVID Affecting Social Security Claims?

Complications from COVID-19 are known to be more severe in older populations and observers have speculated whether COVID-19 will force or at least encourage older workers to retire as early as they can. Analysts believe the answer is ‘yes’.

For many years, financial advisors have been encouraging pre-retirees to wait as long after age 62 as possible before claiming Social Security benefits, in order to maximize the benefits and extend the wage-earning years. Beginning about the year 2000, a steady decline in the percent of 62 year olds claiming social security benefits began, and has since dropped by about half, from the 60% range to the 30% range.

During the Great Recession, though, the percentage of 62-year-olds claiming Social Security spiked from 42.2% in 2007 to 46.9% in 2009 before again dropping back to the downtrend. Analysts expect this pattern to repeat itself in the wake of COVID-19. In fact, preliminary data from the monthly Current Population Survey shows that an uptick in earliest-possible retirements and social security claims has already begun. (Chart from Center for Retirement Research, Boston College.)

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For a free Personalized Social Security Benefit Analysis to show how to maximize your lifetime benefits, give us a call at 877-340-1717 or email Greg at greg@womackadvisers.com. Know the right time to claim your benefits, and enjoy retirement worry-free.

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