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Two wives, two sets of Social Security benefits

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Current and ex-spouses don't have to share survivor benefits.

Thank you to the more than 2,500 listeners who tuned in to my Social Security Bootcamp webcast on Tuesday. If you missed it, or want to review it, an archived version of the webcast is available. Click here to access it.

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