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Have I Lost the Right to Collect Spousal Social Security Benefits Before My Own?

If you didn't reach age 62 by Dec. 31, 2015, you cannot claim spousal Social Security benefits and later switch to claiming your own benefit. A federal law passed in 2015 eliminated that strategy, ...
Fox Business

The Key Social Security Strategy You Just Lost (Hint: It's Not File and Suspend)

Lawmakers in Washington made major changes to Social Security. Image: Wikimedia Commons. As part of recent negotiations between Congress and the White House over the budget, major changes to Social ...
KTHV

2 restricted Social Security benefit scenarios and 1 file and suspend

Q: My wife and I scheduled an appointment at the Social Security Administration to apply for file and suspend and restricted application. My wife turned 62 last August and I turned 63 last November ...
KING5

Restricted application for Social Security doesn't work for all

Q: I turned 63 and my wife turned 61 in February of 2016, and I am unsure if there is a filing deadline for restricted application benefits? As I understand it, when my wife reaches FRA (66.4), I can ...