To: freepertoo
As I understand the articles ...
Some widows could double dip .. their dead spouse's SS and their own from their own working contributions and now you can just get the higher of the two
I'm not sure I'm 100% correct, but that's what it reads like to me
8 posted on
05/03/2016 11:07:28 AM PDT by
knarf
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To: knarf
As I understand the articles ... Some widows could double dip .. their dead spouse's SS and their own from their own working contributions and now you can just get the higher of the two I'm not sure I'm 100% correct, but that's what it reads like to me That's right. It gets rid of some of the tricks people would play. Most people don't even know about them. Financial planners are always touting them. Has no impact on most people.
To: knarf
“Some widows could double dip .. their dead spouse’s SS and their own from their own working contributions and now you can just get the higher of the two”
No, I get only my dead husbands. Widow benefits get one or the other, the higher. Now, with this new law, I will only be eligible for mine.
Couples have been able to double up, but that will stop.
21 posted on
05/03/2016 11:17:00 AM PDT by
AuntB
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To: knarf; freepertoo
That's basically it. They closed a "loophole"
Sucks to be us.
35 posted on
05/03/2016 11:30:08 AM PDT by
onona
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To: knarf
Interesting how you call a widow, whose combined earnings with her spouse were confiscated by Social Security for the entire duration of their marriage, ‘double dipping’ when they are able to get paid back some of their own money.
55 posted on
05/03/2016 12:37:39 PM PDT by
Gigantor
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