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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2014, 04:41 PM Jan 2014

Did they cut SS in 2014?

My husband and I went to our local office last November when he applied for Medicare at 65. I was told that I could start collecting 100% SS the year, not the month, I turned 66 and it would be $1,100 a month. I went online December 31 and January 1 and was told that I would have to wait until my birthday in November to collect 100%. It was also $200 less a month at "full retirement age", than what the clerk at the office told me it would be.

What gives with this?

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Did they cut SS in 2014? (Original Post) HockeyMom Jan 2014 OP

No, 'they' did not cut SS in 2014. elleng Jan 2014 #1

Apparently you were given incorrect information last November... PoliticAverse Jan 2014 #2

Full retirement age for someone born in 1949 is age 66. sinkingfeeling Jan 2014 #3

Nope, my SS went up and my Medicare premium went down by $1. n/t RebelOne Jan 2014 #4

elleng

(130,865 posts)

1. No, 'they' did not cut SS in 2014.

Reply to HockeyMom (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 05:06 PM

Jan 2014

Individual might have provided incorrect information. Should be 100% available on birthday.

I don't know amount, obviously, but calling SS by phone often provides very good info, as well as very competent and kind SS employees.