Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) has traditionally been a single benefit retirement plan. Employees have one payroll deduction for the plan and after retirement, have received one check from CSRS each month for the rest of their lives. CSRS...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Insurance
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insures traditional private defined benefit plans, which are the type that promise to pay a specific monthly benefit at retirement. PBGC does not insure retirement plans that do not promise specific b...
Social Security Child's Insurance Benefits
These benefits are paid to a worker's biological child, adopted child or dependent stepchild. In some cases, the child also could be eligible for benefits based on his or her grandparents' or stepgrandparents' earnings.
To receive this benefit, a...
Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
This benefit is paid to people who meet the following requirements:
Have earned enough Social Security credits
Are unable to work because of a disability that has lasted or will last for at least 12 months or end in death.
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Social Security Disabled Surviving Divorced Spouse Benefits
These benefits are paid to the disabled surviving divorced spouse of a worker who had earned enough Social Security credits.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be divorced from a deceased spouse and meet the following requirem...
Social Security Disabled Widow(er)'s Insurance Benefits
These benefits are paid to the disabled widow or widower of a deceased worker who had earned enough Social Security credits.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must meet the following requirements:
Be at least age 50, but not ...
Social Security Divorced Spouse Benefits
These are benefits paid to divorced spouses of workers who are receiving (or are eligible to receive) Social Security benefits.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must meet the following requirements:
Be at least 62 years old ...
Social Security Independently Entitled Divorced Spouse's Benefits
These are benefits paid to divorced spouses of workers who are receiving (or are eligible to receive) Social Security benefits.
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must meet the following requirements:
Be at least 62 years old ...
Social Security Lump Sum Death Payment
Social Security provides retirement, disability, family and survivors benefits to workers and their dependents if they meet certain requirements. SSA also administers the Supplemental Security Income program which provides benefits to people who meet...
Social Security Medicare Program
Medicare is a health insurance program for people who meet the following requirements:
Are age 65 or older,
Receive Social Security Disability benefits, or
People with kidney failure may also qualify for Medicare.
For more informatio...
Social Security Medicare Savings Program
States have programs for people with limited income and resources that pay some or all of their Medicare premiums and may pay Medicare deductibles and coinsurance. For more information visit: http://www.medicare.gov/contacts/staticpages/msps.aspx....
Social Security Mother's or Father's Insurance Benefits
These are benefits paid to the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse of an insured worker.
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Be unmarried
Meet the marriage duration requirement
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Social Security Parent's Insurance Benefits
These are benefits paid to the dependent parent of a deceased worker who had earned enough Social Security credits.
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Be at least age 62
Have not married ...
Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Have earned enough Social Security credits
Are at least age 62 throughout the first month of entitlement
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Social Security Special Benefits for Qualified WWII Veterans
Special benefits can be paid to certain World War II veterans. These include veterans who served in the active U.S. military from September 16, 1940 through July 24, 1947. It also includes Filipino veterans who served in the organized military of the...
Social Security Spouse's Insurance Benefits
These are benefits paid to the spouse of a worker who receives Social Security Retirement or Disability benefits.
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Be married for at least one year to someo...
Social Security Surviving Divorced Spouse Benefits
These are benefits paid to the divorced spouse of a deceased worker who had earned enough work credits.
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Be at least age 60
Be divorced from the deceased...
Social Security Widow(er)'s Insurance Benefits
These are benefits paid to the widow or widower of a deceased worker who had earned enough work credits.
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Be at least age 60
Be the widow or widower of a...
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
To qualify for this benefit program, you must meet the following requirements:
Be at least age 65
Be blind or disabled
Have limited income and assets
Meet additional requirements
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