"We thank the public for its patience," it added. Callers to SSA's toll-free number are played a message about the Social Security Fairness Act, with an aim of avoiding long and frustrating wait ...

Beneficiaries of the new Social Security Fairness Act may have to wait more than one year to receive their increased Social Security benefits. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is pointing ...

Since the Social Security Fairness Act's "effective date is retroactive (to January 2024), SSA must adjust people's past benefits as well as future benefits," the agency said. "Though SSA is ...

A representative for the Social Security Administration was not immediately available to comment on Friday’s updates. “All SSA customers, including those not affected by the Act, will face ...

Social Security ... about the act.” “These calls, as well as visitors and appointments in local offices, will continue to increase over the coming weeks and months,” the SSA said.

(NEXSTAR) – Over 3.2 million Americans are now eligible for new benefits under the recently passed Social Security Fairness Act, but many of them could be ... “Since the law’s effective date is ...

That’s because although lawmakers in both parties voted overwhelmingly to send the Social Security Fairness Act, a bill repealing ... changes is very complex and SSA’s analysis shows that ...

The Social Security Administration, in an update to its website on Friday, said the department does not currently have the ...

according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The program supports millions of retirees, survivors, widows, family members, children, disabled workers and the indigent — and this year ...

SDI Productions / Getty Images In January 2025, former President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. The new legislation terminated two rules that reduced Social Security ...