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Medicare and Social security benefit for non-working spouse

My wife only has 28 credits out of the required 40 credits of work required to qualify for social security and medicare health insurance. Is she eligible to receive 1/2 of my social security benefit when I begin to collect my SS benefits even though she does not have SS benefits? I have already met the 40 credits of work requirement.

 

When she turns age 65 would she also be eligible for medicare because I would have already signed up for medicare.  She is younger than me by 1/2 year.

 

If I dies before age 65, would she still receive SS and medicare benefits?

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