3 Social Security Secrets for Even Bigger Checks

3 Social Security Secrets for Even Bigger Checks

Given the current inflationary environment, Social Security stands to play an even more prominent role in retirement plans going forward. Here, you'll learn three ways to lock in an even higher Social Security benefit. Relative to claiming benefits at 62, you'll earn incrementally higher benefit checks for every year you defer, plus at least some level of inflation protection (delivered through annual cost-of-living adjustments, or "COLAs").