Number: 93-792
Title: Social Security Benefits Are not Paid for the Month of Death: A Fact Sheet
Authors: David Stuart Koitz, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Social security benefits are not paid for the month in which a recipient dies. Legislation is routinely introduced that would either pay the full amount of the benefits for the month of death or pro-rate the benefits based on the proportion of the month that the recipient was alive.
Pages: 2
Date: Updated March 21, 2001