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Don’t let your clients leave Social Security benefits on the table

Lump sum payment can mitigate sting of a late claim.

Following a recent seminar on Social Security claiming strategies that I conducted at the request of a local wealth advisory firm, I received some fascinating questions.
One was from a woman who is 69. Her husband, who is 71, began collecting his Social Security benefits at age 70. She is still wor

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