What are the best ways to maximize your Social Security benefits? The Social Security Administration doesn't give case-specific advice to individuals, so it's up to the individual worker to know the rules and do the proper research. For example, writing on the Bankrate.com website, Jennie L. Phipps describes some keys to getting the most out of Social Security: (1) Wait a while. At age 70, the monthly benefit is 76 percent higher than it would be at age 62 and 32 percent higher than it would be at age 66. (2) But then again....Doug Carey, founder of the financial [...]