RETIREMENT PLANNING

It's Never Too Early To Plan For Your Retirement

A secure and comfortable retirement is every person’s dream.

Since we're living longer, healthier lives, we can expect to spend more time in retirement than our parents and grandparents did. Achieving the dream of a secure, comfortable retirement is much easier when you plan your finances accordingly.

The Social Security Retirement Planner Can Help You Now!

A great place to start thinking about planning for your retirement is with the Social Security Planner. Here you can find tools and guides to help you think through this phase of your life. It also points out things you may want to consider as you prepare for the future.

MORE INFORMATION

• Find your retirement age here
  
• Estimate your life expectancy here
  
• Use the Retirement Estimator here and the other benefit calculators here to test different retirement ages or future earnings amounts
  
• Learn about Social Security programs here
  
• Find out what happens if you work after you retire here or if you are already a Medicare Beneficiary here
  
• Learn how certain types of earnings and pensions can affect your benefits here
  

Already Near Retirement Age?

• Discover your retirement options here
• Get information about how members of your family may qualify for benefits here
• Find instructions on how to apply for benefits here and what supporting documents you may need to furnish here
• Apply for retirement benefits here
• Close to age 65, you can find out how to apply for just Medicare here. You may need to sign up for Medicare close to your 65th birthday, even if you will not be retired by that time.
• Some health insurance plans change automatically at age 65
• If you are getting Social Security benefits when you turn 65, your Medicare Hospital Benefits will start automatically