Beneficiaries with birthdays between the 11th and 20th of any month are scheduled to receive payments on February 18.

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For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...

Though you can start claiming Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, waiting longer will increase the amount of your monthly benefit. If you wait until age 70, you'll receive the maximum ...