Around 3.2 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly benefits increase because of President Biden's move, ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) in the United States has announced significant changes to identity verification ...

that the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) had "marked as deceased" around 9.9 million social security number (SSN) holders aged 120 or older as part of a "cleanup" of its records.

Or the SSA can incorrectly calculate benefits. Prior to last month's change, people who received an overpayment had 10% of their benefits withheld from each check to put toward repayment.

Like nearly all state and federal agencies, if the SSA’s specialized software doesn’t work, the agency is dead in the water. And as with other agencies, the SSA’s largest contracts are for ...

As I noted, those people’s payments did eventually show up and on Tuesday, as of mid-afternoon, the portal issue was resolved as well. On Tuesday, I can now report, an internal SSA email was ...

who form the bulk of SSA retirement benefit claimants. According to U.S. Census Bureau data from 2022, those between 65 and 74 rely on Social Security or other forms of social insurance ...

Now, the agency has responded, claiming that’s not quite the case. “There have been a couple of recent incidents impacting ‘My Social Security’ and we are actively investigating the root ...

"The result is a systematic dismantling of SSA's core functions, leaving millions of beneficiaries without the essential benefits they are legally entitled to," the lawsuit complaint states.

The agency said that during the brief disruptions, which averaged about 20 minutes each, the Social Security Administration’s website remained operational, though some people may have had an iss ...