The bubonic plague was a painful disease, with black buboes, or swellings, in the groin and armpits, which lasted up to a week. There was some chance of surviving if the buboes burst.
As of 2015, full retirement age is 67 if you were born after 1960. The amount you receive doesn't change because disability benefits were calculated based on what you would receive at retirement age. However, you may see an increase if Social Security provides a cost of living increase.
Age 66 is also the first year that your benefit will not be temporarily withheld if you work and claim Social Security benefits at the same time. 67 or later. Only 6 percent of men and 5 percent of women born in 1943 and 1944 signed up for Social Security at age 67 or later, the Urban Institute found.