Living on $738 a month: As Boomers hit retirement, Social Security more important than ever

Living on $738 a month: As Boomers hit retirement, Social Security more important than ever

MLive file photo of Muskegon’s Hackley Park during the Annual Summer Celebration Senior Social in 2019. Karen Chadwick worked for decades as a massage therapist along with some stints as a secretary.

But in all those her years of work, she’s never had a pension plan and accumulated only modest savings. Now that she’s 73, those savings have evaporated and she lives mainly on her $738 monthly Social Security check, supplemented by two or three massages she provides each month.

“I used to do 15 massages a week," but her hands have stiffened with age, limiting the work she can take […]

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