Social Security fumbles duty to help widows maximize benefits
Social Security is underpaying widows and widowers – sometimes by large amounts.
In cases where widows are eligible to claim their own retirement benefits or those of a deceased spouse, the agency often fails to inform of options that would increase their payments. That is the troubling finding of a report issued last month – on Valentine’s Day, no less – by Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
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