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From: "Jackie" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT SSDI Death Benefits
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:33:48 -0400
References: <4.2.2.20010701184207.00b0ae08@pop.mis.net>


That someone was not paid death benefits does not mean they won't be on the
SSDI. Neither my mother nor my mother-in-law were paid death benefits and
both are listed. I have heard the death benefit criteria before but it
doesn't seem to fit.

Jackie Harrington

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT SSDI


> But did the SSA pay any _death_benefits_ ? That is one of the main
> criteria for being on the SSDI. The fact that someone died or that
> _they_ were paid or not paid benefits (e.g., monthly SS check) has no
> bearing on whether their name is listed on the SSDI. My mother is listed
> there (the SSA paid a burial benefit) but my father is not (no death
> benefit paid). Both received SS checks each month until their
> deaths. None of my grandparents received death benefits, but all four did
> receive monthly SS checks for seven years (they were all 79 when they died
> as was my mother -- hmm!? does that tell me something? <g>).
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