The Social Security Math Everyone Gets Wrong (Until Someone Dies)

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[00:00:00]Claiming early isn't always a mistake.

[00:00:02]Sometimes it's the structure that protects the higher earner delay. And that delayed benefit, the larger one, is exactly what the survivor will depend on. This is where most people get blindsided because they're modeled the math for both of them living well into their 80s. They run the break-even analysis. They thought about the monthly checks and the best-case scenarios. But almost nobody models the first death.

[00:00:25]And when you do, everything changes.