Social Security Survivor's Benefit #doctor #personalfinance #socialsecurity

Any other mistakes or misconceptions out there about Social Security.

You think are worth talking about?

Biggest mistake.

That I see in terms.

Of dollar amount is.

For surviving spouses. But a lot of people don't know that a surviving spouse can start their survivor benefit.

At age 60 while they.

Let their own retirement benefit grow until 70.

So they can collect.

10 years up to 10 years anyway.

Depending on the.

Age at which they become a surviving.

Spouse of.

That one benefit while they let the other keep growing. Or they can start their retirement benefit as early as possible at 62. The Survivor Benefit max out at full retirement age. And so many people, I see this.

All the time, they.

Just didn't know so they didn't file for that benefit. And no one's, no one's going to call you and tell you that you should do it. And so.

You know, it's.

Literally tens of thousands of dollars per year for several years.

And that's a big mistake. Just, just money.

That you missed out on. And I still see that happening all the time, unfortunately.