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How to Handle Social Security When a Beneficiary Dies

There are several steps in the process. The first is reporting the death of the beneficiary to the Social Security Administration (SSA). If a death is not reported promptly, the survivors must repay ...

I’ve never contributed to Social Security — but now that my husband has died, can I claim his benefits? What you need to know about survivor benefits

If you’re disabled and haven’t paid into Social Security yourself, you may still qualify for survivor benefits based on your ...

Do You Get a Social Security Raise if You're Collecting Survivor Benefits?

All Social Security recipients who are collecting benefits get the COLA because otherwise their buying power would decline each year as prices rise, and they'd end up relying too much on their 401 (k) ...

Florida cancer patient faces health insurance nightmare after mistakenly being declared dead by Social Security

The bureaucratic blunder that has stalled her treatment and forced her family to beg for help during a nationwide government ...

How could a government shutdown affect Social Security recipients?

The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday after Congress failed to approve funding for federal agencies. Here's how that ...

Social Security sets its 2026 COLA increase at 2.8%. Here's what that means for your benefits.

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment is aimed at helping the program's 75 million beneficiaries keep pace with inflation.