Social Security News

       The New York Times has a long piece on service delivery problems at the Social Security Administration. Below are some excerpts. Not...

       An email from a legal assistant at my law firm to others in the firm: Is anyone else feeling the major frustration of attempting to...

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      From Axios : The Social Security Administration —  under pressure  from Senate Democrats —is on track to finish an internal audit of t...

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      The Commissioner of Social Security has appeared on Fox Business to claim that his agency is now providing the best service to the pu...

      The Ohio Capital Journal has out a long article on service at the Social Security Administration. It mostly quotes former Commissioner...

      The Social Security Administration has issued a press release touting “ substantial progress in service delivery outcomes resulting fr...

      From a press release :  Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced significant progress in its ongoing efforts to improve cu...

      From the Washington Post: Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current...

     Over the decades it’s been my experience that people new to the Social Security world dramatically underestimate the complexity and sen...

      Heather Schewedel writes for Slate on what it’s like to correct a mistake in the date that Social Security has down for your birthday...

      From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Trump Administration and DOGE have implemented new phone service restrictions tha...

     People are waiting for service in Schenectady but, in truth, they're waiting everywhere .

      From Federal News Network: The new head of the Social Security Administration is looking to get call wait times down to “single digits...

      From the Washington Post: Democrats, after weeks of struggling to find a message that resonates with ordinary Americans while Presiden...

 42 U.S.C. §405(t)   In any case in which an individual visits a field office of the Social Security Administration and represents during th...

 

      A piece in the Los Angeles Times lays out the situation. Social Security can’t answer its phones. They won’t see you if you show up a...

      From The Administrative Burden Experienced by U.S. Rural Residents Accessing Social Security Administration Benefit Programs in 2024 ...