Show freeze ben benefit befit rate at 65 years of age substantial savings may come to persons eligible to receive old age and survivors insurance payments declared a branch manager of the social security board recently if they hey act promptly in filing claims for example any worker who is now 65 and who has been employed in an occupation covered by the social security act should call or write the social security board at once if he has not yet done so even if he is still working the purpose of this it is explained Is to determine whether it would be advantageous to the worker to freeze his benefit rate by applying now whenever there here is a reduction in average earnings there is a proportionate reduction in the benefit rate by submitting his application now the worker can prevent any further reductions in the average monthly wage because the wage record Is frozen when the application Is received the same precautions should be observed by the survivors of a worker who dies because retroactive payments are limited to three months full information may be obtained without charge by writing or calling the social security board branch office post office building ogden |