A year in review – Social Security trends in 2022
Between the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation, the Social Security Administration (SSA) spent the past year continuing to respond to economic pressures on Americans’ lives. While the most significant change may have come with the...
Medicare & Medicaid – 2023 premium announcement
Decreasing expenses provide financial relief needed to millions of Medicare beneficiaries Ahead of Medicare’s Annual Election Period (AEP), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last month announced the 2023 Medicare Part A and Part B premiums,...
Social Security announces the 2023 Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Earlier today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced an 8.7% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for all Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. Following last year’s historic COLA adjustment, the 8.7% increase for 2023 is the...
Acting Social Security Commissioner addresses customer service performance issues
Customer service performance has long been a topic of discussion for the Social Security Administration (SSA). Even before offices were closed to the public at the beginning of the pandemic for the safety of its employees and the vulnerable populations they serve,...