Applied for Social Security? Your Claim May Be Delayed

When the coronavirus outbreak first erupted, many people were told to pack up their desks and work from home until things got better. And that extended to Social Security employees.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) shut down its field offices in March of 2020. Given that seniors, who were extremely vulnerable to severe disease during the height of the outbreak, were most likely to frequent these offices, that move made sense.

But now, a new report from the Social Security Office of the Inspector General has found that the agency is still behind in processing Social Security applications. And that means a lot of seniors may be waiting on the benefits they need to stay afloat.

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