[pfflier]

If the cause of death is the same then that gives a pretty good stake in the sand to make a decision.

SS is designed not to pay out as much as you pay in.

If you collect at 62 with a life expectancy of 15 years at 75% then you can weigh that against collecting at 66 with a life expectancy of 11 years at 100%.

Personally my dad died younger than the American average and that drove my decision. I hope you live long past you aunts and uncles and enjoy your SS to the max.

[Red Badger]

ALL of my aunts and uncles, my mother included, smoked their entire adult lives. Almost all died of cancer in one form or another. So that is a factor as well.................