Retirement Daily: Nearly Half of Americans Age 50+ Fail a Basic Social Security Quiz

Near-retirees still have a lot to learn about Social Security retirement benefits and may be leaving money on the table according to a new poll released by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Nearly half (47 percent) of Americans age 50-plus failed a basic five true/false question quiz on Social Security retirement benefits. In this podcast, David Freitag, a Social Security expert with MassMutual, reviews the results of the quiz and provides listeners with some actionable advice, including don’t forget to create mySocialSecurity account and visit it regularly.