How financial advisers are calming clients' fears about the future of Social Security

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "In my planning with clients, I try to keep emotion, political posturing, and media hype out of the conversation and utilize software and resources to educate our folks as to how Social Security works," Danielle Howard, a certified financial planner with Wealth By Design in Glenwood Springs, Colo., told Yahoo Finance.
60% : There's been a striking rise in the number of Americans applying for initial Social Security benefits this year, many earlier than planned.
56% : Around 32% claim benefits after age 62 but before their FRA. Read more: What is the retirement age for Social Security, 401(k), and IRA withdrawals?
53% : " About 3 in 5 workers and more than 4 in 5 retirees have thought about how the age at which they claim Social Security can impact the amount they receive, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
49% : Job losses, rising costs, and even staffing cuts at the Social Security Administration seem to be the triggers prompting more people to claim their benefits.
49% : Social Security being reduced or ceasing to exist in the future tops the list of retirees' greatest retirement fears, according to a recent Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies report.
33% : "We are hearing anecdotally that more people are claiming Social Security benefits earlier than they had planned because they are concerned Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking that away," Nancy Altman, the president of Social Security Works, a group that advocates against cuts to the program, told Yahoo Finance.

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