Women may or may not know that they’ll get up to 76 percent more in benefits by waiting till they turn 70 to claim Social Security—but the reality is that they can’t afford to wait.
That’s according to a Nationwide Retirement Institute poll conducted by Harris Poll, which found that 82 percent of women currently collecting benefits took them early—condemning them to a lifetime of lower Social Security checks.
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