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Your Benefits Vs. Spousal Benefits…No, You Can’t get them Both!
The matter of Social Security benefits drawn on a spouse’s work record, can at first glance be confusing. In a married couple, for example, one spouse typically is a higher earner than the other, although often both have accumulated the requisite credits to be eligible for their own benefit. What’s sometimes misunderstood, though, is that you don’t get them both. The Motley Fool’s Maurie Backman, in a post on mcdowellnews.com, provides an explanation of how the overall spousal benefit issue works. Check her post out here…
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