If you aren’t close to retiring age, you might not think about Social Security.  It appears on your statement and you probably don’t spend much time looking at it, much less worrying about it, but how do you know where that money is going or how much money you have? Jack Meyers with the Social Security Administration says that is why it’s important to start a My Social Security Account at www.ssa.gov/myaccount. 

Meyers encourages everyone to check their accounts to make sure they are getting what they earn. 

Meyers says that it all starts with their website where they can sign up.

He encourages everyone to get a text message because email can take a bit. Meyers also says to use your own phone number that way you aren’t waiting for the message from a spouse. 

Jack Meyers appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.  For more information visit www.ssa.gov.