Notifying Social Security about a death consists of the following steps: · Report the death by phone or in person. · Review Social Security payments. · Watch for the one-time death benefit. · Arrange ...

Married couples usually receive two Social Security checks. That could mean two retired-worker benefits, or one ...

Bestselling personal finance author and radio host Dave Ramsey bluntly explains his perspective on the federal program and how it handles monthly paychecks for family members of would-be Social ...

Janice’s husband died suddenly last year after having a stroke. The couple were a few years away from retirement. Janice, 62, ...

Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship benefits.

My husband passed away last year. He was retired and a Social Security beneficiary. I was told that I cannot get any of his ...

Medicare does not offer survival benefits, but you can get survival benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA), which closely works with Medicare.

The Social Security Administration said Monday that it will accelerate the disability application process for people suffering from 13 health conditions not previously listed on its Compassionate ...

Months later, they received a letter from the SSA stating she "was due Social Security benefits at the time of her death." ...