[af_vet_1981]

It seems no one else read the linked article.

"As part of the downsizing, the Social Security Administration offered her a $20,000 voluntary separation incentive to retire at age 53. Her last day was April 19, just three weeks shy of her 35-year mark."

[af_vet_1981]

"In addition, those who retire before they're old enough to collect Social Security can receive a special retirement supplement between the ages of 57 and 62. It's a portion of what they'll be eligible to receive at 62, meant to be a financial bridge for those five years.

That supplement would disappear under the House-passed bill. Federal employees who are younger than 57 on Jan. 1, 2028 would be out of luck."

Apparently she gets an extra 20k for the voluntary separation but no the supplement that someone who reaches 57 gets, since she is only 53.