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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Our federal budget deficit is skyrocketing. When a government’s debt exceeds GDP, the usual result is a currency collapse and runaway inflation. The drivers of our deficit are Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid (MediCal). President Trump promises not to touch those programs. I believe him. In just a few years, those programs self-correct by cutting benefits and increasing premiums and copays. Voila. Bleeding stops, deficits come down, and t…
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