If you're planning to retire soon and assuming your Full Retirement Age (FRA) is either 65 or 67, you might be surprised to learn that the correct answer for many Americans is actu

Lawmakers don't want to see those cuts happen, so they've been talking through different solutions to prevent them. And one such solution is to raise Social Security's full retirement age. Currently, that age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later. Some lawmakers feel that pushing that age to 69 could help prevent broad Social Security cuts.

In the United States, the age at which workers can claim 100% of their Social Security benefits has been steadily increasing, and it is no longer 65 years old. This shift reflects the evolving economic landscape and the need for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ensure the program’s sustainability.