Social Security chief partially walks back plans for ID verification, cutting phone services by Ashleigh Fields - 03/26/25 11:48 PM ET by Ashleigh Fields - 03/26/25 11:48 PM ET ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) reiterated its plans to walk back proposed cuts to its phone services, saying it would be implementing an “anti-fraud check.” “Beginning on April 14 ...

The Social Security Administration walked back plans to reduce over-the-phone services, providing clarity to recipients on Wednesday about who has to verify their identity in person. The move ...

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

The Social Security Administration scrapped the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans to stop providing service to recipients over the phone.. Last month, DOGE proposed ending some of the ...

The Social Security Administration said Wednesday it would modify its proposed new policy by forgoing an in-person requirement to verify the identity of account holders with Disability Insurance ...