Social Security News

      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 ...

      From the Washington Post : The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of ...

      From  Axios : The  Social Security Administration  is rushing cuts to  phone services  at the White House's request, the agency...

      There are so many news articles coming out about Social Security that it's hard to keep up. Let me share a few that seem notable t...

        Lawrence Glickman writes about the long, long history of calling Social Security a "Ponzi scheme." Repeating this lie end...

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      From some television station in Cleveland : AVON LAKE, Ohio — An Avon Lake couple tried to change their address but faced issues after...

      From a piece in Government Executive about Martin O'Malley's too brief tenure as Commissioner of Social Security: Social Secu...

           If you're a Social Security employee who thinks this is great, remember that there is little efficiency gained here. You'...

    From Effects Of Suspending In-Person Services At Social Security Administration Field Offices On Disability Applications And Allowances ...