Spousal benefits can be up to half of what the primary earner would get at full retirement age, but the amount is reduced ...

We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Social Security is underpaying widows and widowers - sometimes by large amounts. In cases where ...

Talking to a SSA representative in person is designed to help you make sure you understand your options and make the best choice you can about when to start your widow’s benefits. Frazao Studio Latino ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has put an end to the wait and has officially released the full schedule of benefit ...

An 87-year-old Amherst widow pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony count of second-degree grand larceny for fraudulently receiving $235,565 in Social Security benefits for 26 years, the Erie County ...