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On the recordMarch 12, 2019
the household Social Security income declines sharply at widowhood from between 50 percent for a couple that had equal earnings, to about a third for couples where there was just one earner.
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Andy Biggs
Republican · Arizona

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Biggs discusses the financial impact of widowhood on Social Security income.

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