Rate of Social Security Benefit Claims Approved Drops—What to Know
The percentage of Social Security and Medicare applications being processed within two weeks has declined sharply since ...
New Social Security anti-fraud rule will force more people to visit agency offices
The Social Security Administration will require people filing benefit applications who cannot prove their identities online ...
Social Security to impose identity checks on older people in fraud crackdown
The Social Security Administration will now require beneficiaries to prove their identity when claiming benefits or changing ...
Social Security to Toughen Identify Checks. Why You May Have to File in Person.
Changes being considered are meant to combat fraud and eliminate costs, but could make filing claims harder for some ...
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 — ...
41 states that don't tax Social Security benefits
Social Security recipients will be happy to hear that most states do not tax benefits. Below are the 41 states (along with ...
Plan to Work and Claim Social Security? 2 Pros and 3 Cons to Weigh First
The federal government can tax up to 85% of your Social Security benefits if your provisional income – adjusted gross income ...
‘I have made some mistakes': Social Security chief vows to learn from first month
Lee Dudek, the acting Social Security Administration commissioner, sent a memo to staff Tuesday outlining his vision for the ...
Social Security workers say proposed staffing cuts would delay services for Mainers
Workers and their union warned that they are already understaffed, and further cuts — including a possible closure of the ...
Here’s how many Social Security workers are taking a buyout — so far
The Social Security Administration announced earlier this year it intended to cut its 57,000-person workforce by about 12%.