In this time of moving things online and on the phone?
Trump’s Social Security ‘improvements’ could be going BACKWARDS?
Making people ‘show up’ ….
This while CLOSING More local and regional offices?
Sound like an effort to screw people out of their benefits?
The system could NOT handle this …
Making America GREAT Again?
Huh?
I hope somebody gets their act together and drops this dumb assed idea which sounds like a back ended effort to CUT Social Security Benefits to some who REALLY need them….
Those applying for retirement and disability benefits by phone would be required for the first time to authenticate their identity through an online system that the memo refers to as “internet ID proofing.” But if claimants can’t verify their identity online, they would have to provide documentation in person at a field office, according to the memo, which was viewed by The Washington Post. The document was sent last week by Doris Diaz, acting deputy commissioner for operations, to acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek.
The memo estimates that 75,000 to 85,000 customers per week would be diverted to local field offices because many of the elderly and disabled people that Social Security serves would be unable to complete a new identity verification requirement online.
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