Should you take Social Security at 62? Consider these 4 factors

to claim the benefit at 62 or 70, The Motley Fool calculates, the “break-even” point comes around age 80. Live longer than that, and you’re better off claiming at 70.

Many Americans are badly misinformed about human life expectancy. Retirees often assume they’ll die in their 70s, because the average American lives to about 78.

But life expectancy rises continue reading …