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From: Barbara Bennett <>
Subject: Re: Fw: [APG] Social Security Death Benefit
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:01:56 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <34.41304739.2cd5d144@aol.com>


--- wrote:
> In a message dated 11/1/2003 10:03:19 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> writes:
> So in the vast majority of cases the death benefit
> was sent to the suriving
> spouse who was living with the deceased as the time
> of his or her death or the
> minor dependent child of the deceased
> -----
> Allison-
>
> This is the CURRENT policy--but this was not always
> the case. The lump sum
> death payment used to be payable to whoever paid the
> funeral bill if a
> qualifying relative wasn't found. The person had to
> submit proof that they had paid
> the bill. I'm not sure exactly when the policy
> changed to that which you cited
> but not more than a few years ago. So in older

I believe it changed in the late 70's. I've worked for
SSA for over 30 years. If I recall correctly, that
change occurred while I was still working in the field
which I stopped doing in 1981.


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Barbara Bennett, Columbia, MD

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