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[~moxie~]

You an collect SS at 62. I did.

[~moxie~]

On 3/30/2014 Peaches4you said: ...and yes you will be givin the option to take your earned SS or part of his.

They will tell you what you have earned in SS but they will tell you can collect more on your husbands SS.

[~moxie~]

When my husband passed away I got 98% of his SS which is around $2600 a month.

[151949]

On 3/30/2014 ~moxie~ said:

When my husband passed away I got 98% of his SS which is around $2600 a month.

per SS.gov the max anyone can collect on SS each month is $2346.

[humpty dumpty]

I have never been called a ""troll"" before and wondered why Snowpuppy called me a troll ...

So I dialed the number (which is on my list for SS) and found the number is no longer is service ...

Sorry for this ... I am not a troll and just thought I was giving the OP some information that would help her ..

Sorry if I inconvenienced anyone ...

[151949]

Per SS.gov : the amount the payment is reduced monthly when a person retires before full retirement age is : at age 62 - 25%- at age 63 20% - at age 64 13.3% - at age 65 6.7% and at age 66 you get the full amount.

[Mama Mia]

On 3/30/2014 happy housewife said:

On 3/30/2014 ~moxie~ said:

When my husband passed away I got 98% of his SS which is around $2600 a month.

per SS.gov the max anyone can collect on SS each month is $2346.

Per SS, 2014, at age 66, amount max is $2642.00. It goes by your age. HH,get your facts straight.

edit

3425.00 monthly at age 70 if worker had steady work to that age.

mm

[~moxie~]

On 3/30/2014 happy housewife said:

On 3/30/2014 ~moxie~ said:

When my husband passed away I got 98% of his SS which is around $2600 a month.

per SS.gov the max anyone can collect on SS each month is $2346.

Well you are wrong. I received 98% of my husbands ss after he passed away.

[KathyPet]

I retired at age 62and started collecting my own retirement. My husband was 65 and eligible to retire but was still working. he started collecting a ""spousal benefit"" from my collecting my SS. This was based on my SS as he was still working and did no want to touch his benefits. he got a % of my benefit so it seems as if the answer to your question is No. he did not have to retire when I did but still got his ""spousal benefit"".

[Mama Mia]

On 3/30/2014 ~moxie~ said:

On 3/30/2014 happy housewife said:

On 3/30/2014 ~moxie~ said:

When my husband passed away I got 98% of his SS which is around $2600 a month.

per SS.gov the max anyone can collect on SS each month is $2346.

Well you are wrong. I received 98% of my husbands ss after he passed away.

First moxie, I am so sorry he passed away. It has to be very hard on you. Secondly, HH has a lot of gaul to tell you what you can receive when you are receiving it at this time..unbelievable.

mm