Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefit payments

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42 U.S.C. s. 402: Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefit payments is a state statute published by U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov). It is one of the documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including life & health practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• 42 U.S.C. § 402(a) (Old-age insurance benefits; conditions of entitlement and amount)

  “Every individual who - (1) is a fully insured individual (as defined in section 414(a) of this title), (2) has attained age 62, and (3) has filed application for old-age insurance benefits or was entitled to disability insurance benefits for the month preceding the month in which he attained...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: subsection (d) (Child's Insurance Benefits)

  “(d) Child's insurance benefits (1) Every child (as defined in section 416(e) of this title) of an individual entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits, or of an individual who dies a fully or currently insured individual, if such child -”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: subsection (e) (Widow's Insurance Benefits)

  “(e) Widow's insurance benefits (1) The widow (as defined in section 416(c) of this title) and every surviving divorced wife (as defined in section 416(d) of this title) of an individual who died a fully insured individual, if such widow or such surviving divorced wife - (A) is not married, (B)(i)...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: subsection (i) (Lump-Sum Death Payment)

  “Upon the death, after August 1950, of an individual who died a fully or currently insured individual, an amount equal to three times such individual's primary insurance amount (as determined without regard to the amendments made by section 2201 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: subsection (h) (Parent's Insurance Benefits)

  “shall be entitled to a parent's insurance benefit for each month beginning with the first month after August 1950 in which such parent becomes so entitled to such parent's insurance benefits and ending with the month preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: such parent dies,...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: subsection (k) (Simultaneous Entitlement to Benefits)

  “Such child's insurance benefits for such month shall be the benefit based on the wages and self-employment income of the insured individual who has the greatest primary insurance amount, except that such child's insurance benefits for such month shall be the largest benefit to which such child...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402: Subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) (Child's Insurance Benefits)

  “(A) has filed application for child's insurance benefits, (B) at the time such application was filed was unmarried and (i) either had not attained the age of 18 or was a full-time elementary or secondary school student and had not attained the age of 19, or (ii) is under a disability (as defined in...”

• 42 U.S.C. § 402(e)(3), effect of remarriage on widow's insurance benefits

  “(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), if - (A) a widow or surviving divorced wife marries after attaining age 60 (or after attaining age 50 if she was entitled before such marriage occurred to benefits based on disability under this subsection), or (B) a disabled widow or disabled surviving divorced...”

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