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Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Healthcare, NM Legislature

ABQ widower from same-sex marriage denied social security benefits

Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham is asking the Social Security Administration to change a policy that states a couple must be married for nine months before a spouse is able to collect benefits from the deceased partner. The letter stems from and specifically references an Albuquerque man who was denied federal benefits earned by his deceased husband. […]