Social Security Survivor Benefits
Your Social Security Benefits Can Be Suspended or Terminated if You Do This
Think you can't lose your Social Security benefits? Think again. Here are the ways you could have them suspended or terminated.
Welch Introduces Bill to Update Social Security Survivor Benefits
The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act would increase the Social Security Administration's lump-sum death benefit to cover cremation or burial costs for surviving family members. Starting in 2025, survivor benefits would rise from $255 to $2,900 and be indexed to inflation.
Social Security Benefit to Increase More Than $2,000 Under New Bill
When a Social Security beneficiary dies, their family members can also get survivor benefits through a lump sum death payment.
Five changes taking effect in 2024 that could affect Social Security benefits
Social Security benefits are constantly changing with the economy, resulting in several benefits changes this year.
Social Security: 3 Surprising Things That Could Disqualify You From Collecting Benefits
Even if you've worked a job that requires you to pay Social Security taxes, you'll need at least 40 credits worth of work to qualify for retirement benefits. One credit amounts to $1,730 in income in 2024, and you can collect a maximum of four credits per year. Most workers, then, will accumulate 40 credits in 10 years.
Leadership weighs rules change over Social Security bill backlash
SCOOP: HOUSE GOP WEIGHS CHANGING THE DISCHARGE PETITION. Some House Republicans, including members of leadership, are discussing a significant change to their chamber’s rules am
Social Security Survivor Benefits: New Bill
Vt., this week introduced legislation to update Social Security survivor benefits for the first time in 70 years. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act would increase the Social Security Administration's lump-sum death benefit to cover cremation or burial costs for surviving family members.
Social Security’s death benefit has been $255 since 1954. Some senators want to change that
Vt., has introduced a new bill, to raise the Social Security lump-sum death benefit to $2,900 to reflect today's cost of living.
A New Bill Could Significantly Impact Social Security Benefits
On September 19, a discharge petition for the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act secured the signatures it needed (218) to force a vote on the House floor.
California Social Security Gets New Requirements for Some Beneficiaries
By passing AB 2906, Newsom will now ensure that Social Security survivor benefits go to the foster youth they are intended ...
Social Security update: First round of October payments worth $4,873 go out in 12 days
The first round of October’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70 ...
‘I don’t want to spend my remaining days living hand to mouth’: I divorced my husband and remarried. Can I claim his Social Security?
I divorced a man who has been very successful, making a six-figure salary. I did everything you would expect during a ...
Here's How Much the 2025 Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Could Boost Checks
The 2025 cost-of-living-adjustment is about to be determined, and it might not go as far as some retirees hope.
Mark your calendars: 3 Social Security COLA dates to know for 2025
Technically, the Social Security Administration will apply the 2025 COLA to your December 2024 payment. But since you receive ...
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Former Social Security employee sentenced to probation for pretending to work
Authorities say the Westfield man engaged in a scheme by which he made it appear as though he was teleworking full-time for ...
Social Security COLA 2025 Predictions Ahead of Decision
Social Security benefits change each year in line with the COLA, which reflects the inflation of the previous year.
The new Social Security email that looks like a scam... but it's not!
(WJAR) — Emails claiming to be from the Social Security Administration are usually a scam - but this one's not! For folks who ...