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What programs does the Social Security Administration administer?
The Social Security Administration pays retirement and disability benefits to eligible individuals and family members. Widows and widowers and their children also might be entitled to a survivor’s benefit. In some instances, former spouses not currently remarried also might be…
White House reserves judgment on photo Social Security cards
The White House said Friday it had not had a chance to review a proposal, endorsed by former Presidents Clinton and Carter, for Social Security cards to incorporate photo identification. The idea was proposed as a way to help mitigate the…
Prime hospitals defend Medicare practices
In response to an amended whistle-blower lawsuit filed last week, Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. this week continued to defend its hospitals’ Medicare practices, reiterating its earlier claim that accusations the chain systematically reports inflated billings and defrauded the federal government…
Disability Benefits on a Fast Track
An applicant with a medical condition that’s included in Social Security’s ‘compassionate allowances’ program can get a benefits decision within days. t used to be that some people with serious disabilities would die before the Social Security Administration finally got around…
A Millennial’s Case for Fixing Social Security
Instead of giving up of Social Security, Millennials should push an easy fix for the so-called funding crisis: lifting the earnings cap. As a public policy student, I’m used to hearing lively debates and diverse perspectives from my professors, fellows students,…
1 in 10 kids have someone else using their social security number
While most businesses and adults are protective of their online identities, a new study finds cyber security should also be a concern for our children. The Carnegie Mellon CyLab study shows more than 10 percent of children under the age of…
In surprise move, CMS announces Medicare Advantage pay increase
After proposing in February a 1.9 percent cut in reimbursement to insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare made a surprise announcement and said there would, instead, be a 0.4 percent increase. This is the second year Medicare has reversed proposed…
Mikulski, Boxer Urge SSA Not to Penalize Taxpayers for Decades-Old Social Security Overpayments
U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today called on the Social Security Administration to end the policy of seizing taxpayers’ refunds to hold them accountable for decades-old errors made by the agency that led to the overpayment of benefits.…
Democrats embrace adding photos to Social Security cards
As Republicans push for new voting restrictions around the country, a handful of Democrats have coalesced around an impromptu idea: placing a photo on Social Security cards. Former U.N. ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young — who chairs a nonpartisan…
Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund: Background and Solvency Issues – R43318
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides benefits to insured workers with disabilities under Social Security’s full retirement age and their dependents based on an individual worker’s earnings and work history in covered employment. Recently, some Members of Congress and the public…