The Unintended Consequence of Social Security – Season 1: Episode 1
December 9, 2019
Social Security has provisions for a survivor benefit, which allows a surviving spouse to continue receiving their deceased spouse’s Social Security benefits. It was put in place in 1940 to ensure that widows would not suffer a cut in benefits. Ironically, in today’s world, those same survivor benefit rules may cause just that – a actual cut in pay to the survivor. How is that possible?