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What Will Happen When I Turn 62?

I will turn 62 in 2022 im on ssi disability what will happen when i turn 62

Hi. Nothing will change when you turn 62. You could choose to start collecting Social Security retirement benefits instead of SSDI when you reach age 62, but then your benefit rate would be reduced for age. SSDI benefits are calculated at 100% of a person's primary insurance amount (PIA), which is equal to the amount of their Social Security retirement benefit if they start drawing at full retirement age (FRA).

Basically, drawing SSDI benefits is like collecting your unreduced full retirement age Social Social benefit rate early. That's why SSDI benefits automatically convert to regular Social Security benefits with no change in the benefit rate when a person reaches FRA. The only times that a person may want to consider switching from SSDI to regular retirement benefits prior to FRA is if their SSDI benefits are being offset because they're also receiving worker's compensation or public disability benefits (PDB), or if they have a spouse or child who could collect higher auxiliary benefits if the disabled worker was collecting retirement benefits instead of SSDI.

Best, Jerry.

Posted: 
Nov 9 2021 - 6:07pm
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