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Brenda Powell had suffered a stroke and was in debilitating pain when she called the Social Security Administration last year to seek disability benefits. The former Louisiana state office worker struggled at times to write her name or carry a glass of water. Powell, then 62, believed she could no longer work, and she was
With little or no income, disability applicants are seeking Social Security early retirement benefits even though it could cost them tens of thousands of dollars in future income, lawyers say.
Disability applicants often turn to Social Security early retirement benefits — even though it could cost them tens of thousands of dollars in future income, lawyers say.
In recent months France has been convulsed by protests over its president Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Social Security's trust funds are expected to be depleted by 2033. Will a drastic reform of the U.S. pension system spark protests the size of the French ones?