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Yes, under certain circumstances. If you are at least 62 years old, you can draw spousal benefits of up to 50% of your qualifying living spouse's monthly entitlement, but your spouse must retire or already be retired before you become eligible for benefits. If the working spouse has reached full retirement age and would like to remain working, he or she may elect to file for benefits, then suspend his or her portion in order to continue accumulating delayed retirement credits.

If you have not yet reached full retirement age (65 for people born before 1943; 66 for those born between 1943 and 1954), your benefit will be reduced and will continue to be paid at the reduced rate for as long as you draw Social Security.

Once you begin receiving benefits under a spouse's work record, you cannot earn more than $14,160 per year without receiving a temporary reduction of $1.00 for each $2.00 earned over the annual limit. This cap is lifted the month you reach full retirement age.

If you are eligible to draw benefits against your own work record, Social Security will check both of your records and pay your benefits based on the one that generates the higher monthly check.

Ex-spouses may also qualify for social security retirement benefits, if married to the worker for at least ten years. This does not affect the amount of your, or your spouse's, benefits.

You will become eligible to enroll in Medicare at age 65 on the basis of your living or deceased spouse's work record.

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You can if you were married for at least 10 years, but not until you reach the age of eligibility to receive Social Security benefits. If you have been married more than once, and if you were married to each husband at least 10 years, I believe you can actually file on the one which would pay the most. But you can file for social security benefits on only one person, whether it's yourself, or one of your ex or deceased spouses.

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Yes. Social Security disability (SSDI) benefits are not means-tested; if you qualify to receive disability compensation as an individual, your benefits will not be reduced by another household member's earned income.

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If the partner is caring for the spouse and the spouse is unable to collect their benefits themselves, it is possible to arrange for the carer/partner to collect these benefits. However if the spouse should die the carer/partner should immediately stop drawing the deceased benefit.

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It is my understanding that if you & your spouse are living.

You can.

But! If your spouse is dead.

Then SSI let's you decide which check you want to draw from you cannot have both when one is gone.

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Yes, but the benefit amount will depend upon the surviving spouse's current income level.

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at 66 can a married woman draw from her huband social security?

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