Tag: Caregiver Credits
The brief’s key findings are: Traditionally, Social Security has supported family caregivers – typically women – through a spousal benefit. Today, however, many women are not eligible for this benefit because they are not married or they qualify for their own worker’s benefit. As a result, many mothers receive little to no support to offset lost earnings…
The Social Security actuaries recently costed out a bill that would provide caregiver credits for individuals out of the workforce who care for children. This legislation, like other proposals, reflects an effort to improve the adequacy of old-age benefits for women. In recent decades, caregiver credits have become a near-universal component of public pension systems…
