Social Security's In-Person Verification Plan
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Social Security's new in-person identification requirement angers retirees and advocates
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The Social Security Administration plans to require in-person identity checks for millions of new and existing recipients.
The agency announced Tuesday that, beginning March 31 , those who cannot properly verify their identity over the agency's "my Social Security " online service will be required to visit an SSA field office in person to complete the verification process.
The change, in addition to the impending closure of field offices across the country, and a plan to reduce the agency workforce with mass layoffs, advocates say.
Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency has embedded staffers in various agencies to look for ways to shrink the federal government.
Musk has pushed debunked theories about Social Security and described the federal benefit programs as a " Ponzi scheme " rife with fraud.
Bachom: "We shouldn't have to be freaked out at this age that somebody is going to rob us".
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