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SSA changes phone fraud policies after finding very little fraud
The change follows reporting by Nextgov/FCW about the policy and its contributions to a slowdown in retirement claims ...
MiBolsilloColombia on MSN1d
SSA's DOGE phone policy led to delays with minimal fraud caught
SSA’s fraud-prevention phone policy, backed by DOGE and Elon Musk’s team, caused major delays and few results, drawing ...
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SSA ends disputed fraud policy as application delays pile up
T he Social Security Administration (SSA) has decided to end a controversial fraud policy that was implemented just a month ...
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Social Security Administration makes another change to application process, how will it impact you?
The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application ...
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to ...
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Social Security phone fraud probe reveals only 0.0018% of calls flagged
A probe into Social Security phone fraud found only 2 likely fraud cases out of 110,000 calls, contradicting earlier claims.
SSA makes another change to the retiree application process: How will it affect you?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has walked back a key element of a recently introduced anti-fraud measure that sparked widespread criticism from senior citizens and advoca ...
DOGE’s Fraud Tracker at Social Security Turns Into a Massive Self-Own
It turns out that 40 percent of the calls to the Social Security Administration are not fraudulent. DOGE’s probe revealed the ...
Social Security doesn’t take long to reverse controversial anti-fraud policy
The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it would no longer hold retirement benefit applications for three days to check ...
DOGE fraud tracker at SSA, far from delivering satisfactory results
The phone fraud data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) presented by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s ...
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
After installing anti-fraud checks for benefit claims made over the phone early last month, the Social Security Administration is considering walking back the policy after finding only two cases ...