Originally Posted by
Williamsmith
No researcher can know the medical condition of the subjects in their study to a degree of certainty necessary to make such a conclusion. By my observation, many of those who retire at 62 and choose to begin SS payments have been struggling for years with significant health problems and would have died while still employed if there was no SS. Continuing to work at a job that does not enrich you....will kill you as fast as being sedentary. And who says living a few more years hating your job....is better than checking out early anyway?