Month: October 2022

Calls To Increase Social Security Funding Reverberating (Part 4)

Poor service issues are rising at an alarming rate when it comes to the Social Security Administration. Teleservice center employees (customer service, etc.) show the highest departure rate within the Social Security Administration. The result is long wait times in

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Calls To Increase Social Security Funding Reverberating (Part 3)

There is a $800 million increase to Social Security’s operating budget proposal currently on the table that would result in a 6% increase to the overall budget. Though that falls short of the more than $1 billion President Joe Biden

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Calls To Increase Social Security Funding Reverberating (Part 2)

The reports about the Social Security Administration budget being strained seem never ending but with an operating budget shrinking by 14% from 2010 to 2021 and the number of beneficiaries increasing by 22% to over 70 million, it becomes easier

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Calls To Increase Social Security Funding Reverberating (Part 1)

According to AARP, wait times have been about 31 minutes on Social Security’s 800 number. A 10x longer than they were in 2012. Meanwhile, the average disability claimant today waits more than two years for a final decision. This wait

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