Social Security to impose identity checks and limit phone services in fraud crackdown
The Social Security Administration will now require beneficiaries to prove their identity when claiming benefits or changing ...
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — ...
DOGE Wants to Cripple Social Security Phone Services
The Trump administration has proposed adding additional identity verification requirements to Social Security phone services.
DOGE Announces 'Major Cleanup' for Social Security
"For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, ...
DOGE cuts will endanger Social Security checks, former agency heads say
Even before DOGE, staffing at the Social Security Administration had been in decline as baby boomers approached peak ...
How the Social Safety Net Became for ‘Suckers’
The fear of playing the sucker is often weaponized for political ends, but it can only cover so much real harm.
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Social Security may cut phone support, force Alaskans online or to Juneau, Anchorage or Fairbanks
A March 13 memo proposing the change by Acting Deputy SSA Commissioner Doris Diaz states the intent is to mitigate “fraud ...
DOGE works to clean up Social Security database
DOGE announced that it's working with the Administration to clean up death records in the agency's database to ensure living ...