Well, all I know is I saw the notice and the cut was made. $100 less per month than the amount she had been getting since my father died. As everyone knows I'm sure, the surviving spouse receives the SS payment of whomever of a married couple was getting the highest amount.

olivant could be correct, although since my mother is still paying a mortgage and that is her only income except for a small pension from my father's company...it's ashame they decided she of all people was getting an OVERpayment. But I'm sure none of that stuff factors into it.