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A retired couple receive monthly social security benefits on the husband’s earnings record. The wife never worked under social security. If the husband dies, a lump-sum death payment would be made to his wife because he was insured under social security.
If the wife died, a payment would not be made. She had received retirement benefits on her husband's record, but she was not herself insured under social security.
“Last year, the Social Security Administration paid $293.6 million in death benefits on the records of 1,220,248 deceased workers,” Mrs. Crumpton added.
“If someone in your family dies, be sure to check with the Winchester social security office for information about the death payment as well as for in
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