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The article focuses on concept of life expectancy, how it is measured, and how it has changed over time and evidence and implications for the social security retirement age. It mentions Social Security provides monthly benefits to retired and disabled workers and their dependents, and to dependents of deceased workers. It also mentions U.S. Congress may be interested in policy proposals that mitigate the uneven effects of increasing the retirement age.

The article presents a report by the Congressional Research Service which suggests decrease in life expectancy for individuals with lower socioeconomic status in the U.S. along with evidence and implications for the social security retirement age. It mentions that social security enables monthly benefits to retired, disabled and deceased workers along and their dependents. It also discusses the social security reform proposals related to need for increasing retirement age.