social security death benefit
Social Security and End-of-Life Considerations
The question of how to handle Social Security matters when a beneficiary dies is not quite as simple as you would think. For example, there’s the issue of handling the beneficiary’s last check. And then there’s the matter of ensuring…
The “lump sum death payment” that won’t pay for flowers today
It’s precisely because so many people know about the one time $255 payment that Congress has been unable to eliminate it to save money in the Social Security program. But, as Tom Margenau explains, there is much misunderstanding about this…