SSA
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Under SSA rules, you must be receiving your benefits before your wife can claim on your record.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Here’s a complicated explanation: “A spousal benefit is reduced 25/36 of 1% for each month before normal retirement age, up to 36 months,” according to the SSA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Surviving spouses, at full retirement age or older, generally get 100% of the worker’s basic benefit amount,” the SSA says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
A spokesperson for SSA said Bisignano was transforming the agency to deliver world-class customer service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
At SSA and IRS, his challenges include modernizing the systems that power the nation’s biggest benefit agency and tax collection authority, both of which still rely on technology that is more than 20 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
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