[palmer]

My dad started at 62. Got one payment, then died. My mom has been getting the lower payments ever since. Not even close to covering her monthly expenses (about a tenth).

[SamAdams76]

My dad started at 62. Got one payment, then died. My mom has been getting the lower payments ever since. Not even close to covering her monthly expenses (about a tenth).

If the social security check only covers about a tenth of your mom's monthly expenses, your dad working the extra few years (if he lived longer) would't have made much of a difference.