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If you take Social Security at age 62, you’ll need to consider how to pay for health care until you can sign up for Medicare at age 65. The need to purchase a private plan can add significant costs to ...

Or you could wait until age 70 and get a bonus of about 28% added to your monthly benefits. (The bonus is two-thirds of 1%for ...