Social Security wait times to talk with a staffer by phone, email or in person have increased as staff cuts increase.

The SSA's plan to withhold full monthly checks from beneficiaries to recoup overpayments has triggered alarm among senior ...

It spends only around 0.5% on overhead, compared with 20% for private insurers.

The SSA pays out billions of dollars in benefits every month to some 70 million Americans. The agency has faced numerous ...

Frank Bisignano gave his critics plenty of material to work with. Republicans confirmed him as the new Social Security ...

Effective April 25, the agency started deducting up to 50% of the overpayment amount from a beneficiary's monthly check ...

When people are delayed in obtaining their Social Security benefits and have no way during the interim period to live, they ...

A Social Security “war room,” threats to shut the agency, worker buyouts and a restraining order — here’s a timeline of what ...

The emails prompt you to download a Social Security statement, but clicking will allow malicious actors to install a remote ...

A program like Social Security is apt to undergo changes from year to year. And 2025 has been no exception. At the start of ...

There are millions of older Americans today collecting Social Security. And for many people, those benefits make it possible ...

They say they want to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal budget, which has Democrats questioning potential cuts to ...