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At 62, She Put $35,750 Into Her 401(k) and $8,750 Into an HSA. Only One Lowered Her Social Security Wages.

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Two payroll deductions can look identical on a pay stub but treat Social Security wages in completely opposite ways, and the difference could quietly reshape a retirement benefit decades before it gets collected.