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President Trump and temporary government employee, ElonMusk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) madechanges in how the Social Security Administration handled certainmatters, such as applications for benefits and change of addressduring the early days of the new administration. All new applications for benefits were held 3 days, under the newpolicy, to check for fraud. Combined with…
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On May 7, 2025 Frank Bisignano was sworn in as the new Social Security Commissioner. Mr. Bisignano comes from Fiserv, a leading global payments and financial tech company, where he served as Chairman & CEO.
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Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
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Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
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NEW SS COMMISSIONER TAKES CHARGE
It looks like the new Social Security Commissioner, Martin O’Malley, is really taking charge. A number of changes have been implemented in the several weeks Commissioner O’Malley has been on the job. Among the most meaningful is decreasing the default overpayment withholding rate to 10% (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100%. This will significantly reduce hardship on persons with overpayments.
When an overpayment is assessed, often through no fault of the recipient, Social Security will pursue the overpayment. In the past the recipient would often receive a notice to remit thousands of dollars immediately.
Now if the rate is less than 10% Social Security will recover the overpayment over 60 months.
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