If a 90 year old guy marries his 40 year old male caregiver, does he get the guy’s social security check upon death of the elder?
YES HE DOES!
The United States government provided Civil War veterans with a pension for themselves and their spouses for life, as well as their orphaned offspring. The last widows pension payment was made in 2003, today two Civil War pensions are paid monthly to two surviving children of Civil War vets. Both are at deaths door, but are still getting paid.
The Civil War ended 138 years before the last widows payment was made and has been over for 150 years, yet we still pay two pensions.