Should we think more about delaying our retirement to an older age?

Jeffrey H. Snyder

Sun, February 22, 2026 astatine 9:30 AM CST 9 min read

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses whether we should proceed delaying our status property with AECC's Sreedhar Potarazu MD.

Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network

Joining maine present is Dr. Sridhar Pattarasu. Doctor, large to spot you. Thanks for joining america connected the programme this morning.

Sreedhar Potarazu MD, AECC

Thanks for having me, Jeff, admit it.

Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network

Yeah, there's been a batch of talk, doctor, successful the aesculapian assemblage astir possibly extending the status age. So typically radical discontinue astatine property 65, but hey, we're surviving longer, and you, doctor, deliberation it makes consciousness to bash so.

Sreedhar Potarazu MD, AECC

I do. You know, Jeff, historically, you know, we were retired, radical were retiring, and erstwhile the property was 65, our longevity was precise different. Even successful my ain practice, I spot a batch of radical that are surviving good into their 90s, a fewer adjacent beyond 100.

So I consciousness similar determination should beryllium a reset, and possibly not for everybody, but since our lifespans person changed significantly, that we mightiness rethink, for assorted reasons, benignant of delaying the status age, possibly adjacent beyond, you know, immoderate are suggesting possibly it needs to beryllium 67, but possibly adjacent into our 70s. Of course, it depends connected the individual, it depends connected their health, their fiscal status, whether they bask their work. So it's not arsenic if everybody needs to beryllium forced, but I bash deliberation that determination are definite idiosyncratic benefits successful presumption of our ain productivity, well-being, and quality connection.

There are definite benefits, of course, economically, successful presumption of having a sustained income. There are possibly benefits successful presumption of wellness benefits, right, successful presumption of getting, maintaining sum that are becoming much difficult. And surely from a authorities standpoint, the wide solvency of Medicare itself and Social Security has ever been an contented that is hovering successful presumption of whether the, you know, the spot money volition beryllium solvent earlier you and I commencement to, maine earlier you, successful presumption of tapping in.

But nonetheless, I deliberation that these are immoderate of the issues that request to beryllium looked astatine much closely, and possibly that accepted property from where, you know, the programme came out, you know, present astir 60 years ago, are those parameters inactive relevant?

Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network

And I thin to agree. I mean, I tin lone talk for myself successful presumption of my concern and my circumstances. I bask working, but you don't have, doctor, you don't person to bash the aforesaid occupation for longer.

I deliberation radical possibly may, I can't get successful everyone's shoes and head, but whitethorn misunderstand that, okay, good present you, alternatively of moving 40 years successful a career, you're moving 45, but accidental you bask fixing motorcycles oregon you privation to, you know, beryllium a, possibly beryllium a lawyer oregon immoderate different vocation. This gives you, affords you the accidental to bash that. And look, let's conscionable look it.