If you'd rather not apply online, you can call the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213 to set up an appointment to apply for benefits. The agent will schedule the appointment and let you ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has reversed a controversial policy limiting phone applications for benefits, ...

And if people receives a beneficiary letter from the agency, they can also request a waiver, which can be made through SSA form 632. "While we believe that overpayments should be recouped ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is revolutionizing the Social Security Administration's records, aiming to ...

Beginning April 14, applicants who cannot use an online account when applying for retirement, survivor, or family benefits must visit an SSA office to verify their identity. This is a revised ...

The financial precariousness of the Social Security system is no secret, but recent actions by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have given many Americans new reasons to worry.

The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, reportedly plans to rewrite the software that the U.S. Social Security Administration uses to make payments. Wired today cited sources as ...

The Social Security Administration has delayed controversial plans to cut phone services for retirees by two weeks and ditched a proposal that would have forced some disabled and elderly people to ...

The Social Security Administration is revising proposed changes that would have required some beneficiaries to prove their identity in-person when seeking services. Officials said in a statement ...

The Social Security Administration is set to implement "stronger identity verification procedures" soon, requiring millions to visit agency field offices in person instead of handling their ...

A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images) The Social Security Administration has tapped a DOGE associate ...