Widower can collect survivor benefits now, retirement benefits later
So often when I write or talk about Social Security benefits, I refer to the fact that actuarially,…
So often when I write or talk about Social Security benefits, I refer to the fact that actuarially, women are likely to survive their husbands. Consequently, many of my discussions of survivor benefits focus on widows.
But Social Security benefits are gender neutral. Surviving widowers have the s
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