Tag: longevity
The brief’s key findings are: People can claim Social Security from 62 to 70, with adjustments to keep lifetime benefits the same, on average, regardless of claiming age. The question is whether the adjustments, set decades ago, are still correct, given the decline in interest rates and increase in life expectancy. For the average worker,…
The decline in U.S. life expectancy is unlike anything we’ve seen Bombshell headlines like this popped up in major news outlets last November after the government reported that life expectancy in 2017 fell for the third year in a row. This is a troubling break from the steady improvements in lifespans since 1900, which wer…
