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Congressional Research Service: 'Social Security - Lump-Sum Death Benefit'
May 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43637) updated on May 17, 2022, entitled "Social Security: The Lump-Sum Death Benefit" by social policy analyst Zhe Li.

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Summary

When a Social Security-insured worker dies, the surviving spouse who was living with the deceased is entitled to a one-time lump-sum death benefit of $255. If they were living apart, th . . .

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