Widower asks why he didn’t get survivor benefits
Blame it on family maximum limits, not sexism.
I received an e-mail from a widowed dad who asked why he didn't receive Social Security survivor benefits when his wife died eight years ago.
“When my wife died in 2006, we had children who were 14 and 16 years old,” he wrote. “The children received survivor benefits until they were out of hi
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