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Social Security’s acting commissioner recently said out loud what many beneficiaries are thinking these days — the agency’s telephone customer service can “suck.” “We need to show how ...

Some Social Security recipients could soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a policy that advocates for seniors say could cause financial hardship for many older Americans. Starting today ...

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When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected. On Friday, she was on hold for six hours and still did not get thro ...

Update, April 14: The Social Security Administration has canceled its plan to end identity verification over the phone for those applying for retirement and survivor benefits. The policy was ...

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Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public workers will see a boost in their Social Security benefits. The SSA has also changed how it will recoup overpayments ...

The Social Security Administration on Tuesday addressed outages being reported on its website and access issues for some users as a new deadline calling for more online usage nears. The ...

The Social Security Administration last week wrongly informed some recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the federal program that provides financial assistance to disabled Americans ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...

Some Social Security recipients will see their monthly payment amount increase in April as a recently enacted law is implemented. Americans who receive a public-sector pension in retirement were ...