Tag: Social Security
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What Widowed Parents Need to Know About Social Security Claiming Strategies
Social Security benefits are complex and confusing. If you are widowed and planning for retirement, there are different factors and strategies that can affect the amount of your benefit and when to claim it. Types of Benefits These Social Security benefits are potentially available to widow(er)s, but not at the same time, and they are…
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How I Received Survivor Benefits for Six Months While Unemployed
In early 2021, two years after my husband died, while the Covid pandemic was in full swing and the world was waiting on vaccines, I was completely overwhelmed and stressed out at work and obsessed with the thought that I was running out of time with my daughter, who was ten at the time. So…