Social Security pays a monthly benefit to millions of older Americans today. And if you've been working and paying into the system for years, then chances are, once your retirement rolls around, you'll be entitled to a monthly benefit.

Now you might assume that you don't have to focus so much on retirement savings since you'll have Social Security income to fall back on. But that line of thinking could really come back to bite you.

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