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Congress quietly changed a Social Security rule in 2026 and most retirees haven’t noticed
Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that had quietly penalized millions of public workers for decades, and the ...
As you can see, January applicants typically receive 3% to 4% more on average than their counterparts applying throughout the rest of the year. What's so special about January and Social Security?
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