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SSA Receives Funding Boost
Washington, D.C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) commended the House Appropriations Committee approval of $14.1 billion for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) FY 2022 budget, an increase of $1.1 billion from FY 2021. The bill provides funding for SSA to strengthen front-line customer service, reduce delays in disability claims, and resume mailing Social Security Statements to all covered workers who are not yet receiving benefits, as required by law. Chairman Larson has also introduced the bipartisan Know Your Social Security Act (H.R. 4143), to further clarify the requirement for SSA to mail Statements. The Appropriations bill also blocks a Trump Administration rule to deny individuals their right to appeal a denial of Social Security benefits before an Administrative Law Judge. Continue reading here…