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If you’re hoping to be someone who retires early by choice, as opposed to being forced out of a job, you’re no doubt in good company. And there can be big benefits to retiring early, like avoiding the health impacts of a stressful job and getting to enjoy an open schedule at a time when you might

Social Security retirement benefits provide much-needed income to millions of seniors who rely on this money to help cover their essential costs. Unfortunately, many seniors are losing thousands of dollars worth of these benefits every year as a result of a problematic rule. Here’s what the issue