Elder law attorney Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky and Osofsky suggests putting on \u201cyour thinking cap\u201d when it comes to obtaining additional social security income.<\/p>\n
Every year, more than $10 billion in Social Security benefits go unclaimed. Asserts attorney Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky & Osofsky, \u201cThis is primarily because married couples do not know how to optimize their social security benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Much of this unclaimed bonanza does consist of spousal benefits that most people don\u2019t even know they\u2019re entitled to receive. \u201cThese benefits can increase your income and solve the riddle of whether it\u2019s more advantageous to get immediate monthly income at age 62 or wait until you\u2019re age 66 and get a bigger check \u2013 maybe significantly bigger,\u201d Osofsky says.<\/p>\n
If you do wait until age 66, which the U.S. government considers full retirement age, for people born between 1943 and 1954 the monthly (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elder law attorney Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky and Osofsky suggests putting on \u201cyour thinking cap\u201d when it comes to obtaining additional social security income. Every year, more than $10 billion in Social Security benefits go unclaimed.…<\/span><\/p>\n