Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo pushes raising retirement age for Social Security
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From the September 18, 2025, edition of Fox Business' Mornings with Maria
MARIA BARTIROMO (ANCHOR): I'm glad you mentioned the actuary numbers because, I wonder; You get Social Security benefits when you turn 65. Is that right?
FRANK BISIGNANO (SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER): Yeah.
BARTIROMO: Sixty-five.
BISIGNANO: People make choices on when they want them.
BARTIROMO: OK.
BISIGNANO: And it could be earlier, could be all the way out to 70.
BARTIROMO: So, I'm wondering, wouldn't changing the retirement age from 65 to 67, or when you actually are eligible to start getting them, wouldn't that save a lot of money and help you?
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BARTIROMO: So, would you consider raising the retirement?
BISIGNANO: I think everything is being considered, will be considered.
BARTIROMO: And then you need Congress to —
BISIGNANO: Yes, they have to — it needs really to be the Trustees, which are the four of us, myself, Treasury secretary, Labor secretary, HHS, the White House — which is completely committed to protect and preserve. And then Congress. And that's where the real work will happen, and that will take a while. But we have plenty of time.
BARTIROMO: Are you considering the fact that like, if you're just reaching 66, 67, whatever, then they're not included, but you're beginning with a much younger —
BISIGNANO: I think that. I think that.
BARTIROMO: Who are not expecting to retire at 65.
BISIGNANO: Yeah. I mean, remember most people told you and I Social Security wasn't going to be around.
BARTIROMO: That's true, yes.
BISIGNANO: It's going to be around. And so, the generations that's are coming in will probably have a different set of rules than we had.