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Your Social Security Payments Could Be Cut in Half—Here’s Why
Starting in August, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will claw back overpayments, potentially reducing recipients’ ...
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times ...
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Event Recap: Checking in on the 2025 Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds
On June 24, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event following the release of the 2025 Social Security and Medicare Trustees' reports, which evaluate the fiscal health of ...
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SSA touts service improvements, but reassignments tell a different story
Though Commissioner Frank Bisignano has heralded the addition of AI assistants to the Social Security Administration’s ...
What Happens to Your Social Security When You Die?
Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship ...
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Benefits update coming for public sector retirees impacted by WEP and GPO
The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.
Social Security touts customer-service milestones, but some say it's 'cherry picking' performance improvements
The agency, which provides benefits to roughly 70 million people, said late Monday it reduced the average speed of answering a call on its 800-number to 13 minutes, a 35% reduction compared to this ...
Social Security Update: Payout Shift Triggers Drop in Personal Income
The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.
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Social Security Fairness Act Increases Eligibility for Spousal and Survivor Benefits — 4 Steps To Apply
4 Low-Risk Ways To Build Your Savings in 2025 The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, which former President Joe Biden ...
Social Security's new commissioner, rule reversals and cost cuts: Here's everything that's happening at the agency
The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.