As Massive Social Security Changes Begin, Here's What You Need To Know

[22lcidw]

How does MAGA expect Social Security to continue serving 74 million Americans by closing multiple field offices and cutting approximately 12% of its workforce?

The logistics you state I do not know. It does mean that the money earmarked for social security has a higher percentage getting to recipients as it reduces the costs to service it.

 

[WEATHER53]

Washington Post trying to gin up that SS is collapsing simply because liars and cheaters won’t be able to continue the ruses.

 

[TimFitz]

Trump had nothing to do with this.

"The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law by President Biden on January 5, 2025. This bipartisan legislation was authored by Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown."

Withholding 100% of benefits in claw backs is not part of the Fairness Act. It’s all Trump.

 

[Concerned American]

Like Trump COULD be POTUS, but never will:

Hillary Clinton Officially Wins Popular Vote by Nearly 2.9 Million

Btw, some pigs fly^^^

How'd that work out for her. 304-227

 

[georgephillip]

How'd that work out for her. 304-227

Same way it always works out for rich white trash.
When Hillary and Donald Were Friends (Published 2016)

 

[WEATHER53]

Same way it always works out for rich white trash.
When Hillary and Donald Were Friends (Published 2016)

Poor boo boo boo hoo never made it in life and its white peoples fault.

 

[georgephillip]

The logistics you state I do not know. It does mean that the money earmarked for social security has a higher percentage getting to recipients as it reduces the costs to service it.

If it's true, as the Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General claims, that between 2015-2022 the SSA processed nearly $72 billion in improper payments, primarily overpayments.

That amount is less than 1% of the total benefits distributed during that period.

It's not clear how cutting phone service and laying off experienced employees will result in a higher percentage of benefits reaching qualified recipients especially among the thousands of Baby Boomers retiring every day?

 

[georgephillip]

Poor boo boo boo hoo never made it in life and its white peoples fault.

Rich white people actually.

When and where have private fortunes ever existed in societies without war and debt?
Capitalism carries war within it, just like clouds carry rain - Openclipart

 

[jwoodie]

Projecting again!

Tourette Syndrome?

 

[Lesh]

As Massive Social Security Changes Begin, Here's What You Need To Know​

As Massive Social Security Changes Begin, Here's What You Need To Know

Millions of Americans have started to or will soon see significant changes in their Social Security benefits as new laws and policies take effect in March 2025.

www.forbes.com

24 Mar 2025 ~~ By Shahar Ziv

Social Security: Massive Changes Started In March
Millions of Americans have started to or will soon see significant changes in their Social Security benefits as new laws and policies take effect in March 2025. Many individuals will be thrilled with the rollout of the Social Security Fairness Act—which repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset—triggering a wave of retroactive payments and monthly benefit increases for affected retirees. At the same time, a controversial policy reversal means Social Security will resume withholding 100% of benefits to recover overpayments starting at the end of March.
Moreover, consequential changes are being implemented or proposed that could delay or deny benefits to millions of new retirees as well as cut payments to 170,000 individuals without a Social Security number.
Here's a breakdown of what's happening and what it means for retirees and other beneficiaries.
Social Security Fairness Act Retroactive Payments
The bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, ending the WEP and GPO provisions that had reduced or eliminated benefits for over 3.2 million public-sector retirees. WEP and GPO affected many teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other workers with pensions from non-Social Security-covered jobs. The repeal is retroactive to January 2024, meaning those penalized under WEP/GPO are owed back payments for benefits withheld since that date.
The Social Security Administration moved swiftly to implement the retroactive payments to people whose benefits were impacted by WEP/GPO, the agency stated in a late February press release. Most eligible retirees will receive a one-time lump sum for the retroactive amount by the end of March, deposited directly into their bank accounts.


Commentary:
Well, I don’t have any pensions, so I don’t expect any ‘windfall’ of added payments. I got my Social Security for March, at the usual amount, for which I am quite thankful.
Not complaining,

So far so good but beware… Elmo and Trump ain’t done fucking with it

 

[AZrailwhale]

My best friend who has one of the best pensions I have ever heard of from the Federal Govt just received a five figure lump sum check. FAIRNESS! LOL Trump had nothing to do with that, if you see a law with the word "FAIR" in it you can bet the Democrats are behind it.

It was never fair to penalize people who had both paid into SS and generated a government pension. My wife was one of those, part of her career she was an educational aide and not eligible for the teachers pension system, then she became a teacher. She just got her letter, her benefits jumped from $460.00 a month to just under $1,100.00 a month from Social Security. That means the government stole at least $85,000.00 from my wife since she retired more than a decade ago. Why is that fair when people in private industry can have pensions and draw full SS?

How does MAGA expect Social Security to continue serving 74 million Americans by closing multiple field offices and cutting approximately 12% of its workforce?

Automation. Most SS functions are fully automated.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Trump is stepping on the biggest third rail in American politics.

What, the $2 Trillion annual deficit?

 

[georgephillip]

It was never fair to penalize people who had both paid into SS and generated a government pension. My wife was one of those, part of her career she was an educational aide and not eligible for the teachers pension system, then she became a teacher. She just got her letter, her benefits jumped from $460.00 a month to just under $1,100.00 a month from Social Security. That means the government stole at least $85,000.00 from my wife since she retired more than a decade ago. Why is that fair when people in private industry can have pensions and draw full SS?
Automation. Most SS functions are fully automated.

10,000 Americans born between 1946 and 1964 are retiring every day, putting enormous strain on SS functions like disability determinations, appeals and overpayment reviews, fraud investigations (flagged by AI but handled manually), and complex survivor or spousal benefit cases.

All these functions are not made better by closing field offices and laying off experienced employees.

I don't believe rich Republicans have the slightest interest in improving marginal case and fraud investigations, and customer service; far more likely they are deliberately breaking Social Security so they can argue for full privatization in 2026 or 2028.

 

[22lcidw]

If it's true, as the Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General claims, that between 2015-2022 the SSA processed nearly $72 billion in improper payments, primarily overpayments.

That amount is less than 1% of the total benefits distributed during that period.

It's not clear how cutting phone service and laying off experienced employees will result in a higher percentage of benefits reaching qualified recipients especially among the thousands of Baby Boomers retiring every day?

The people working for the social security administration take a percentage away from the efficiency of the payments dispersed. This is when people depend on the abilities of those employed to do so. Pride in work is important. And to appreciate it.

 

[WorldWatcher]

It was never fair to penalize people who had both paid into SS and generated a government pension. My wife was one of those, part of her career she was an educational aide and not eligible for the teachers pension system, then she became a teacher. She just got her letter, her benefits jumped from $460.00 a month to just under $1,100.00 a month from Social Security. That means the government stole at least $85,000.00 from my wife since she retired more than a decade ago. Why is that fair when people in private industry can have pensions and draw full SS?
Automation. Most SS functions are fully automated.

The repeal of the WEP (Windfall Elimination Provision) was not "do you get a governemnt pension or nor".

It was a penalty for those that had periods of time in a non-social security covered job. Basically the normal SS benefit was calaculated, then that amount was reduced if someone worked in a non-social security job resulting in a pension. To be in a non-covered Social Security job, they law requires that the entity (state or local government) had a pension program at least as good Social Security.

It's not that they got a "government pension", it only applied to those that got a pension from a non-social security job.

• I'm retirement Navy, my government pension from the Navy does not reduce my Social Security because the miilitary pays into Social Security.
• I currently work for a school system and we're part of the state pension system and also pay into Social Security, my Social Security wouldn't have been reduced because of my state pension because we still pay into Social Security.

Now take say a teacher in California, works 20 years and is part of CalSTRS (California State Teachers’ Retirement System) and earns a small pension. CalSTRS teachers do not pay into Social Security because California opted out of SS and funds their own pension system. This teacher's husband then gets moved from San Diego to Norfolk VA where the person continues their teaching career working in Virginia for another 25 years. In Virginia teachers pay into both a state pension and Social Security.

What was happening is that the persons SS Benefit for 25 years work in VA was reduced based on getting a pension from CA for time not in a SS job. (Which wasn't just.)

WW

 

[AZrailwhale]

10,000 Americans born between 1946 and 1964 are retiring every day, putting enormous strain on SS functions like disability determinations, appeals and overpayment reviews, fraud investigations (flagged by AI but handled manually), and complex survivor or spousal benefit cases.

All these functions are not made better by closing field offices and laying off experienced employees.

I don't believe rich Republicans have the slightest interest in improving marginal case and fraud investigations, and customer service; far more likely they are deliberately breaking Social Security so they can argue for full privatization in 2026 or 2028.

Like most governmental employees, SS employees are working at far less than fifty percent of capacity. With proper (get your workload done or be fired) motivation, a much smaller workforce can get the work done

 

[MarathonMike]

It was never fair to penalize people who had both paid into SS and generated a government pension. My wife was one of those, part of her career she was an educational aide and not eligible for the teachers pension system, then she became a teacher. She just got her letter, her benefits jumped from $460.00 a month to just under $1,100.00 a month from Social Security. That means the government stole at least $85,000.00 from my wife since she retired more than a decade ago. Why is that fair when people in private industry can have pensions and draw full SS?
Automation. Most SS functions are fully automated.

I don't know your wifes' situation, but my friend and other Federal employees getting this new SS benefit DID NOT pay into the Social Security system.

 

[WorldWatcher]

I don't know your wifes' situation, but my friend and other Federal employees getting this new SS benefit DID NOT pay into the Social Security system.

Federal employees have paid into Social Security since the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986.

WW

 

[Godboy]

Libs are creating fake fears about SS

Do you see a single other alternative for them? Telling the truth would end their party. Lies are all that they've had for years now.

 

[Lisa558]

Trump is stepping on the biggest third rail in American politics.

He’s increasing social security payments for a segment that wasn’t getting their full amount. Are you really this deranged by hate for Trump that you can’t see he IMPROVED IT?!