Stephanie's dad died suddenly of a heart attack at 67 years old. His social security benefits were set to double after his death. Stephanie says she was relieved, but it felt cruel that her father had to die for this to happen.
But somehow it got very scary.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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