Social Security Survivor benefits provide monthly payments and possible Medicare coverage to spouses, divorced spouses, children, or dependent parents of a deceased worker who paid Social Security taxes. Eligibility depends on the family member’s work history. Beneficiaries must report changes in work, income, or personal details. In most cases, funeral homes report deaths to Social Security, reducing the need for families to do so.
Survivor benefits provide monthly payments to eligible family members of people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died.
Who can get Survivor benefits
You may qualify if you’re the spouse, divorced spouse, child, or dependent parent of someone who worked and paid Social Security taxes before they died.
