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To: w0z who wrote (5820)	5/29/2018 10:16:09 PM
From: the traveler	1 Recommendation Recommended By Jerome Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26845

Oopsy doopsy. All those so called "very good longevity calculators" I have ran across tell me I should have croaked about 3 years ago. LMAO Its just like I have sed here and elsewhere over and over and over again. Unless a person is a seer that can foretell the exact day of their death, the answer is not knowable. I know its so simple nobody wishes to accept it, but them's the facts Jack!

To: w0z who wrote (5820)	5/31/2018 12:36:03 AM
From: George Statham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26845

So you still get the COLA but the 8% isn't compounded. So it's really just 8% for the first year. I think if you're on social security you're protected from any Medicare B cost increases greater than the COLA. So increases in Medicare B could decrease the gain from waiting to take social security. As long as I can keep working, I'll delay social security. That'll mean more for my wife if I kick the bucket early. She will take early social security at 62. If I can delay til close to 70, I presume my wife could switch to spousal benefit (50%) which should then be more than her early social security. I think this is all too complex for a meaningful poll. There's so much variation in people's situations.