The anxious retirees were calling Aarp in large numbers about the advantages of social security.
A spokesman said that since February 1, non -profit organizations have received approximately 2000 calls a week on this issue, and “to a large number” is about disturbances in the checks.
“They are really struggling to obtain social security is their lifetime,” said Bill Sweeney, Aarp’s Senior Vice President of the Elderly, who depend on the advantages of social security to meet their needs. “It is something they paid in their entire working life from their first salary until the end of them.”
The rise in calls is the usual dual Aarp size and in response to the workforce discounts in the Trump administration within the Social Security Administration. Although Trump promised his management not to touch the benefits, retirees have a reason to worry about the service they will receive from the agency.
Last month, the average number of waiting times to communicate with social security was about an hour and 44 minutes, and social security officials warned that customer service would get worse.
For example, changing one of the beneficiaries requires a personality identity instead of the Internet to prevent fraud. However, the agency also announced that it will close some field offices, a step that may represent more challenges for the elderly and disabled Americans who cannot reach transport or live in remote areas.
Business Insider previously spoke to social security personnel who said the agency had already been overwhelmed before the White House office came at the scene. The employees have reached its lowest level in 50 years – and the demand for agency services grows only, as a wave of child births has reached retirement age.
“There are about 10,000 people who are 65 years every day in this country,” Suene told Bi. “And there is every day more than the previous day. However, social security employees decrease.”
almost 73 million Americans Receive social security advantages. About 40 % of the elderly Americans depend only on monthly checks for retirement, according to National Institute for Retirement Security. The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to be steadily In addition to 80 million in 2040.
Judith Murray, 64, is one of them. Murray previously told Bi that she lives on $ 1,311 per month in social security and allocate a monthly allocate monthly $ 1174 in the center of Illinois. It is barely not sufficient to cover the basics in a family of seven people, which includes some of its children, grandchildren and fiancée, who has recently lost its job.
Any delay in paying social security would offer Murray’s ability to pay the costs of housing and groceries – and it is already late for bills and has no savings. Murray said, because of a disability, she was relying on social security for several decades.
Whether it is an attachment to retirement savings or the only source of income, social security is one of the most popular federal programs with 87 % of Americans say it should remain a priority Even with the budget deficit.
Frank Pesiniano, Executive Director of Experienced Finance, presented questions from Democrats during the Senate Financial Committee session on Tuesday as Trump’s choice to head the Social Security Department.
Bisignano pledged to continue the agency’s operation to serve the American people “to ensure that each beneficiary gets their payments on time, disability claims are treated in the way they should be.”
When asked if he had plans for the service of the service, he said no.
“I never thought about privatization. It is not a word that spoke to me about anyone,” he followed the veteran in Wall Street. “I do not see this institution anything other than a government agency that is nominated for the benefit of the American public.”
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