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Samantha Mendez Was 62 Before Anyone Told Her That Claiming Social Security Early Would Cost Her $436 a Month Forever
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Samantha Mendez Was 62 Before Anyone Told Her That Claiming Social Security Early Would Cost Her $436 a Month Forever

Roughly 40 percent of workers claim Social Security retirement benefits at age 62 — the…

April 1, 2026 • Sloane Avery Wren
She Lost $18,000 in Overtime and Her Social Security Projection Dropped $289 a Month — What One Raleigh Woman Found at 63
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She Lost $18,000 in Overtime and Her Social Security Projection Dropped $289 a Month — What One Raleigh Woman Found at 63

The block party was winding down, the kind of late-September evening in Raleigh where the…

March 31, 2026 • Sloane Avery Wren
At 55 With Four Kids and No Savings After COVID, He Finally Opened His Social Security Statement — The Number Stopped Him Cold
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At 55 With Four Kids and No Savings After COVID, He Finally Opened His Social Security Statement — The Number Stopped Him Cold

With the Social Security Administration having applied its 2025 COLA adjustment of 2.5% to benefits…

March 30, 2026 • Sloane Avery Wren
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