US EditionSocial Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash
- The Social Security Administration plans to change identity verification procedures, impacting access to benefits for 70 million beneficiaries starting March 31, 2025.
- Benefits claimants will no longer be able to verify their identity over the phone and must apply online or in person.
- Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of the SSA, stated that Americans deserve strong protection of their Social Security records.
- Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, criticized the changes for being obstacles for those relying on benefits.
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Social Security Abandons DOGE Phone Service Cuts Amid Chaos, Backlash
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation, the U.S. DOGE Service, set off a panic in March among elderly and disabled people after proposing that the Social Security Administration scrap many of its claims services over the phone in an effort to end alleged identity fraud.
SSS, DICT team up for enhanced digitalization
(UPDATE) TOP officials of the Social Security System (SSS) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have forged a partnership for enhanced collaboration on computing technologies and digitalization. SSS President and CEO Robert Joseph Montes De Claro said on Monday that his agency teamed up with newly appointed DICT Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda. "We discussed a broad range of partnership opportunities between the two…
Do you have to go in person for Social Security in SC? It depends as feds walk back ID requirements.
Retiree advocates in South Carolina warn in-person verification requirements pose a barrier for elderly residents, particularly those in rural parts of the state.
How to Prepare For the New Social Security ID Policy
Since President Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office, Social Security—a program which sends retirement and disability benefits to over 70 million people—has been the subject of many conversations. Although Trump initially assured voters that Social Security wouldn’t be touched, there have since been reports of potential staff and office cuts spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). A new policy by the Social Securit…
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