Even More Questions From Women

Even More Questions From Women
This week's column clears up some questions about different rates for spousal benefits. Fei Meng
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I’ve speculated before that most of the readers of my column are women. And that conjecture is based on the fact that I seem to get many more emails from them than I get from men. That’s why, for example, in the past month, I’ve written two columns targeted to my female readers. But I guess I didn’t do a very good job of helping them understand the Social Security program, because those columns seem to have generated even more emails from women. Here is a sampling.

This week's column clears up some questions about different rates for spousal benefits. (Fei Meng)
This week's column clears up some questions about different rates for spousal benefits. Fei Meng
Tom Margenau
Tom Margenau
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Tom Margenau worked for 32 years in a variety of positions for the Social Security Administration before retiring in 2005. He has served as the director of SSA’s public information office, the chief editor of more than 100 SSA publications, a deputy press officer and spokesman, and a speechwriter for the commissioner of Social Security. For 12 years, he also wrote Social Security columns for local newspapers, and recently published the book “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” If you have a Social Security question, contact him at [email protected]
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