Social Security Administration News

The Daily Signal reports on Social Security Administration news with analysis and commentary on retirement benefits, disability programs, solvency concerns, entitlement reform, and the long-term sustainability of America’s largest social insurance program.
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    Time to Leave the Social Security Plantation

    To repeat what Americans have heard a lot recently, our Social Security system is in very bad shape. Per the most recent report, in 2025, of the Social Security and Medicare board of trustees, Social Security is capable of paying out the entirety of promised benefits through 2033. After that, there is only the capability…
    Star Parker
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    EXCLUSIVE: Social Security Penalty Could Be Eliminated Under Rick Scott’s New Bill

    A Senate Republican aims to “keep” the “aging community out of poverty” by introducing legislation on Wednesday that would allow Social Security recipients to be able to seek additional income and employment. The Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act, authored by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., would repeal “outdated” provisions, such as the Retirement Earnings Test,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    • Opinion

    Why Using Social Security for Paid Family Leave Is a Bad Idea

    This year marks the first time in more than a quarter-century that Social Security has had to dip into its trust fund balance. Since its theoretical trust fund is really just a bunch of IOUs, that means the government will have to issue $85 billion in publicly held debt this year—and $1.5 trillion over the…
    Rachel Greszler
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    SSA Investigation of Judges Shows $2 Billion in Questionable DI Payments

    More than $2 billion in “questionable” payments was paid out to nearly 25,000 Disability Insurance (DI) recipients, according to a recent report by the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of the Inspector General. The report states that 44 Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) with particularly high numbers of decisions and high rates of benefit approval were…
    Rachel Greszler
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