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Social Security is rerouting staff to man the phone lines — and hiding how long callers are waiting
The Social Security administration is moving some workers to do teleservice work and address their most pressing needs.
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What’s really going on with Social Security? Here’s what the latest numbers say
The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...
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SSA touts service improvements, but reassignments tell a different story
Though Commissioner Frank Bisignano has heralded the addition of AI assistants to the Social Security Administration’s ...
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The History of Social Security Numbers - AARP
Learn how the Social Security number has evolved over the last 90 years from a code to track earnings into the passkey to Americans financial lives.
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Supreme Court allows DOGE staffers to access Social Security data
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access personal Social Security Administration data.
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Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.