Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. What types of benefits does Social Security pay?"
...1. Retirement, Survivor, and Disability benefits 2. Retirement and Survivor benefits only 3. Retirement benefits only 4. Retirement and Disability benefits only When the Social Security Act was originally passed, it only provided for retirement benefits. Survivor benefits were added by a change in the law in 1939, and disability benefits were added in 1956.