From a press release:
Today, the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a "non-covered pension") because they did not pay Social Security taxes. The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO. …
“The agency’s original estimate of taking a year or more now will only apply to complex cases that cannot be processed by automation. The American people deserve to get their due benefits as quickly as possible.” …
Many beneficiaries will be due a retroactive payment because the WEP and GPO offset no longer apply as of January 2024. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, which will be deposited into their bank account on record with Social Security.
Many of these people will also receive higher monthly benefits, which will first be reflected in the benefit payment they receive in April. Depending on factors such as the type of Social Security benefit received and the amount of the person's pension, the change in payment amount will vary from person to person.
Anyone whose monthly benefit is adjusted, or who will get a retroactive payment, will receive a mailed notice from Social Security explaining the benefit change or retroactive payment. Most people will receive their retroactive payment two to three weeks before they receive their notice in the mail, because the President understands how important it is to pay people what they are due right away. Social Security is expediting payments using automation and will continue to handle many complex cases that must be done manually, on an individual case-by-case basis. Those complex cases will take additional time to update the beneficiary record and pay the correct benefits.
Social Security urges beneficiaries to wait until April to ask about the status of their retroactive payment, since these payments will process incrementally into March. Since the new monthly payment amount will begin with the April payment, beneficiaries should wait until after receiving their April payment, before contacting Social Security with questions about their monthly benefit amount. …
Most could mean 51%. Just how many will require manual calculation? Where will the staff come from to do those manual calculations?
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Would think most single entitlement cases are the easy ones (increase from something to more, or from nothing to something), anything involving SSI would have windfall offset (auxiliary and survivor most likely), and dual entitlement cases likely where some manual processing comes in?
We will see if this is another example of this administration over promising the public like bringing down inflation on day one.
Even the detractors must admit this is fantastic work by Mr. Dudek. We are finally getting to see what a real Commissioner looks like after years of “hey guys, film this!” McNally
They’ve already pulled staff from processing iClaims in order to staff an ICTU. So now people filing online who wait months for their claim to process have to wait longer so people already getting something from their own pension so they can get more money From SSA.
For all the folks that have been hating on me when I post about my WEP plans, I just want you to know that I have quite the Cheshire Cat grin on my face now and there is nothing you can do about it but hate!! He who laughs last.....
Good for you…do you want a cookie Nostradamus?
Per an email, they are estimating that 2-5% of cases will require manual action, and the rest should be processed by March 7th.
Enjoyed my cookie between grins! Thanks for asking.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Dumdick pushing the narrative that he’s done anything to speed this up other than creating another hole elsewhere in the agency is typical bullshit.
They won’t get anything done if they keep firing everyone.
Even the bootlickers are paid to admit this is fantastic work by Mr. Dudek.
Work started before Congress even passed the SSFA, guidance was provided to field within a few weeks, plans for automated cleanup were already in place before the administration changed hands. By the time Dudek showed up, software upgrades had already been made, in prep for the automated cleanup now occurring -- thanks to "lazy fedgov."
Whenever the agency says it can do something in a specific time period, expect the real time period in which the thing will be done to be at least doubled, in cases where the stated time period is more than a year, and tripled or quadrupled when the time is in months. I wouldn’t bet on seeing any money in the time stated, especially with all the turmoil roiling the agency now.
Yeah, good f**king luck making this happen while you lay off 50% of the agency, Leland Dumbass.
High bar?
Elon Musk at the first meeting of President Trump’s Cabinet defended his email demanding all federal workers report their accomplishments to his office, calling it a “pulse check” and saying anyone with a heartbeat and neurons could complete it.
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