Here's Your Social Security Retirement Age

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Sun, 10/21/2018 - 7:02am

It's a common misconception that full Social Security retirement age -- the age at which you can collect your full retirement benefit -- is 65 years old. It makes sense, as this is the age of Medicare eligibility as well as the retirement age for many pension plans, but it is incorrect.

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