Tag: Social Security
A majority of workers do not know a crucial piece of information about their retirement: how much married couples can expect to receive from Social Security. The program will one day be the most important source of income for millions of Americans. But they showed their lack of understanding of how benefits work in a…
My divorced aunt did not work while she was raising eight children. After her former husband died, she was pleasantly surprised to learn she could start collecting his Social Security. She has a lot of company. Nearly two out of three men and women in a new survey by RAND were unaware of this rule:…
