Social Security Q&A: Are Lump Sum Payments Really Going Away?

Article Excerpt: "...My belief has been that Social Security, due to the new law, would tell him to get lost. But Alan thinks they would pay him all his suspended benefits in a lump sum, but only from the time he first filed for benefits — that is, they would give him back benefits from 66 and a half and not from age 66; they would not include benefits that were retroactive to before he first filed...."

Resource: www.forbes.com