Nearly 300,000 Americans Are Waiting to Dispute Social Security Decision
Nearly 300,000 Americans wait an average of over 9.5 months for Social Security disability appeal decisions, delaying their ...
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Backlog of Disability Appeals Strains SSA
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is grappling with a growing backlog of disability appeals, leaving nearly 300,000 ...
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Social Security & You: Older people and Social Security disability
I often feel guilty if I write a column that essentially repeats information I've given in past columns. But readers often ...
Social Security was already dealing with backlogs. Employees warn job cuts could worsen services.
"We are already short-staffed as it is,"one Social Security Administration employee said of the agency's plans to slash its ...
If you're disabled and self-employed at 66 - is Social Security the only option?
Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, can be claimed anywhere between ages 18 and a person's Full Retirement Age, which typically falls around 66 and 67 these days. That may not help the ...
DOGE is on a cutting spree — and Social Security workers warn it's going to affect your benefits
The Social Security Administration offered early retirements to employees in an effort to slash the workforce. Workers said ...
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Social Security will not be touched,” Trump answered, echoing a promise he has been making for years. Despite his eagerness ...
Musk’s DOGE descends on Social Security Administration
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce ...
Trump and Musk's Social Security 'chainsaw massacre' makes no sense
President Donald Trump's decision to apply his chainsaw to the Social Security Administration will do nothing to shore up the program's finances - or help balance the federal budget. But it will ...
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What DOGE could gain by accessing your Social Security data
If you make a change in one system, it could trip up another if you don’t know what you’re doing, said Romig, who now is ...
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Five benefits you can apply for on the Social Security website
You must be at least 61 years and 9 months, and want your benefits to start in no more than 4 months. Apply at www.ssa.gov/retirement. Need a break? Play the USA ...