{"id":1052454,"date":"2025-04-09T10:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052454"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:52:36","slug":"new-report-trump-cuts-risk-millions-of-seniors-hard-earned-social-security-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-report-trump-cuts-risk-millions-of-seniors-hard-earned-social-security-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW REPORT: Trump Cuts Risk Millions of Seniors\u2019 Hard-Earned Social Security Benefits\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cIn less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval for millions of seniors. \u2026 The abrupt change, implemented at breakneck speed at White House request, increases the likelihood that some eligible people will miss out on benefits; others could simply not get them at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/08\/social-security-seniors-drive\"><strong>Axios<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Exclusive: As Social Security services are cut back, millions of seniors face long drives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval for millions of seniors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The abrupt change, implemented at breakneck speed at White House request, increases the likelihood that some eligible people will miss out on benefits; others could simply not get them at all.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>More than 4 in 10 retirees apply for benefits by phone<\/strong>, per agency data cited by the Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly <strong>6 million seniors live more than 46.6 miles, roundtrip, from a field office<\/strong>, per the analysis of agency and Census Bureau data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Those in rural areas face the longest journeys<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The agency<\/strong>, in an internal memo viewed by Axios, <strong>acknowledged cutting off phone service could drive as many as 85,000 people per week to its already backlogged field offices.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>There is no way right now to apply for Social Security survivors\u2019 benefits online. <\/strong>That means &#8220;grieving family members must visit offices soon after the deaths of their loved ones to apply,&#8221; CBPP points out in their analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Children cannot have online accounts<\/strong>, so their parents or guardians will now have to come in person. They are entitled to benefits after the death of a parent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The tech disruption means <strong>\u201cyou are going to start impacting people\u2019s paychecks and people\u2019s money,\u201d<\/strong> Marcela Escobar-Alava, the agency\u2019s former chief information officer, tells Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cIn less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval for millions of seniors. \u2026 The abrupt change, implemented at breakneck speed at White House request, increases the likelihood that some eligible people will miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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