The question of retirement age is crucial for millions of Americans planning their retirement. Contrary to the expectation of an imminent new increase beyond the current, the full retirement age of Social Security has been in a gradual process of increase,

Lawmakers don't want to see those cuts happen, so they've been talking through different solutions to prevent them. And one such solution is to raise Social Security's full retirement age. Currently, that age is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later. Some lawmakers feel that pushing that age to 69 could help prevent broad Social Security cuts.

Lots of changes in store for Social Security recipients as more people rely on a system that's operating above capacity. Full retirement age (FRA) will i