The Social Security Administration is ending a decades-long service that allowed people to apply for benefits over the phone — a move that, by the agency’s own estimate, would force millions of ...

Under a deadline imposed by Elon Musk’s DOGE, new applicants for social security benefits would have been forced to visit offices such as this one or go through an online portal instead of doing so ...

The agency’s plan to curtail phone services, which was expected to send tens of thousands to its offices each week, had been widely criticized. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Social Security ...

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As Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano tells it, callers only had to wait an average of 8 minutes to speak to an agent on the phone in July. “We had a bold goal of single-digit wait time on ...

Social Security problems can be solved online, over the phone or via an in-person appointment. People can apply for most benefits online as well as check the status of their application, change direct ...

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