Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs ...

The backlog began increasing swiftly last fall, shooting up from fewer than 350,000 pending claims in September to nearly 600,000 pending claims in April, according to Social Security data posted ...

After dealing with downsizing and frequent changes to policies, employees at the Social Security Administration are ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is prioritizing around 900,000 complicated cases this month. This could lead to ...

Social Security recipients trying to update their bank details, fix overpayment issues, or resolve Medicare billing errors could face extended delays over the next month. Accordi ...

(CNN) — A month after instituting a controversial anti-fraud policy that sparked widespread concern among senior citizens, the Social Security Administration has quietly dropped a key piece of ...

Growing backlog of retirement claims As of mid-May, Social Security had nearly 575,000 pending retirement claims, with about 140,000 of them languishing for at least 60 days, according to an email ...

The backlog began increasing swiftly last fall, shooting up from fewer than 350,000 pending claims in September to nearly 600,000 pending claims in April, according to Social Security data posted ...