Tag: Social Security
Only about one in four older Americans consistently work in a traditional employment arrangement throughout their 50s and early 60s. For the rest, their late careers are punctuated by jobs – freelancer, independent contractor, and even waitress – that do not have any health or retirement benefits. Some older people are forced into these nontraditiona…
Most people have already left their jobs before applying for federal disability benefits. The problem for older people is that when they are denied benefits, only a small minority of them ever return to work. Applicants to Social Security’s disability program who quit working do so for a combination of reasons. They are already finding…