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Social Security reverses overpayment clawback rules — again
The size of overpayment clawbacks has been reduced to 50% from 100%, following an increase to 100% from 10% per monthly check ...
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Applications to access Social Security benefits grow due to uncertainty
The unexpected rise in Social Security applications from March 2024 to March 2025 reflects growing concerns about the program ...
Americans are rushing to claim Social Security early. Should you?
Agency officials discussed the rise in Social Security claims in an internal meeting, which wound up on YouTube.
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Social Security head digs in on closing White Plains Hearing Office
The Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), Leland Dudek, in a May 1 letter to Congressman George Latimer ...
The future of America's biggest safety net is in the hands of a career bureaucrat and a hard-charging finance titan
Acting commissioner Leland Dudek helms the nearly 60,000-person federal agency. Frank Bisignano, a former JPMorgan Chase and ...
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Dudek calls for entire SSA offices to be converted to new Schedule F
The planned conversions, intended for federal workers in policy-related positions, affect employees making as little as $40,000 per year.
SSA Acting Commissioner Says 'Wasteful DEI And Gender Ideology' Contributed To Poor Customer Service And Delayed Benefit Decisions
The Social Security Administration is bringing back National Social Security Month this year for the first time since 2019. In a statement on April 22, Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek said the annual ...
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Duckworth, Durbin Join More Than 100 Congressional Democrats in Demanding Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Across the Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators ...
Democrats urge Social Security Administration to keep field offices open
Lawmakers sent a letter to the agency’s acting commissioner asking to keep open field offices and demanding transparency ...