We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and use strategic timing to try to optimize what you receive. When ...

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 ...

Q: Can you summarize who is eligible for disability benefits? A: Social Security Disability Insurance, often referred to by ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — May 26, 2017, is the day Connie Moyer’s life shattered. Her husband, Lancaster Police Patrolman Marvin “Steve” Moyer, died from a blood disease he contracted while trying to arrest a ...