SSA Withdraws Proposad Age Definition Changes
May 1, 2009
Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate)| Louise M. Tarantino
In November 2005, the Social Security Administration (SSA) published proposed regulations that would have changed each of the “age” categories by bumping up by two years the applicable definition: a person closely approaching retirement age would have to be 62 years old, up from 60; a person of advanced would be 57, up from 55; a person closely approaching advanced would be 52, up from 50; and younger persons would be aged 47- 51 (up from 45 - 49).
SSA announced on May 8, 2009 that, after receiving over 900 comments on the proposed changes, the agency decided to withdraw the proposed rulemaking while it continues to consider public comments and other relevant data sources. 74 Fed. Reg. 21563.
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