New Social Security Bill Could Let Some Americans Claim Full Benefits at 60 Instead of 67

The proposed bill would allow workers to qualify based on their age and years in physically demanding jobs. (Credit: This is an AI-Generated Image)

Americans born in 1960 or later must wait until 67 to claim their full Social Security retirement benefits. A new bill in Congress could allow some workers whose jobs take a heavy physical toll to receive them seven years earlier.

Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, announced the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act on 24 September. The proposal would allow qualifying Americans in physically demanding occupations to collect full Social Security retirement benefits from age 60.