This is not true. Either that it’s 50% at 80 or that it is flat after 80. Here’s an actuarial table: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html https://www.ss

This is not true. Either that it’s 50% at 80 or that it is flat after 80. Here’s an actuarial table: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html Annual chance of dying is 5% at 80 and continues rising every year (9% by 85, 16% by 90, 25% by 95, 35% by 100).