"Since 2000, several Social Security claiming strategies have been available that have allowed filers to 'claim now, claim more later' under certain circumstances involving spousal benefits. The current administration has made it clear that it considers these strategies to be unintended 'loopholes' and in the past has advocated closing them. Somewhat unexpectedly, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, signed into law by President Obama on November 2, 2015, included a provision that eliminates these claiming strategies."