Andy Markowitz

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Editor at AARP

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Articles

What Happens to Interest on Social Security Contributions?

1 week ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Not for you. The money you put into Social Security is a tax on earnings that helps pay for a national retirement and disability benefit. It’s not held in an account in your name, it doesn’t come back to you with interest when you retire, and unused contributions don’t revert to your family when you die (although they may be able to draw survivor benefits if you were receiving or eligible for Social Security payments). Instead, Social Security operates as a pay-as-you-go system.
Social Security Eases 3-Day Hold on Phone Claims

1 month ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Video: AARP CEO on Social Security’s 90-Year Legacy Facebook Twitter LinkedIn A month after introducing new protocols intended to flag fraud risks on benefit applications made by phone, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has dropped a key element of the program that required a three-day hold on such claims before processing could begin. An SSA official said the updated policy took effect May 17. “We have not discontinued fraud checks on telephone claims,” the official said. “We refined...
AARP Launches Social Security 90th Anniversary Countdown

1 month ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Video: AARP CEO on Social Security’s 90-Year Legacy Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Few things reach as broadly into American life as Social Security. Some 69.4 million people — about 1 in 5 U.S. residents — received a payment from the program in April 2025.
AARP inicia la cuenta regresiva para el aniversario del Seguro Social

1 month ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Video: La directora ejecutiva de AARP habla sobre el legado de 90 años del Seguro Social. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pocas cosas afectan tan ampliamente la vida de las personas en el país como el Seguro Social.
Social Security Retreats on Plan to Claw Back Overpayments

1 month ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Video: Inside AARP’s Fight for Social Security Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The Social Security Administration (SSA) is scaling back a policy shift that would have cut off benefits to people whom the agency overpaid in the past until the debt is repaid.
El Seguro Social reajusta su plan de retener el 100% de los beneficios para recuperar sobrepagos

1 month ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

AARP (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn La Administración del Seguro Social (SSA) está reduciendo un cambio de política que habría cortado los beneficios a las personas a las que la agencia pagó en exceso en el pasado hasta que la deuda sea reembolsada.
Casi 2,000 trabajadores del Seguro Social abandonan las oficinas locales

2 months ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

En medio de crecientes quejas sobre el servicio al cliente del Seguro Social, 40 oficinas de la agencia en todo el país están a punto de perder un cuarto o más de sus empleados a medida que las separaciones de empleo de la Administración del Seguro Social (SSA) entran en vigor este mes. La SSA tiene como objetivo eliminar alrededor de 7,000 empleos, reduciendo su fuerza laboral a 50,000.
Nearly 2,000 Social Security Workers Leaving Field Offices

2 months ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

AARP reiterates customer-service concerns as buyouts cut staff at local sites Amid surging complaints about Social Security customer service, 40 of the program's local offices are set to lose a quarter or more of their employees as Social Security Administration (SSA) buyouts take effect this month. The agency is aiming to shed about 7,000 jobs, reducing its workforce to 50,000.
El Seguro Social reduce los requisitos de verificación de identidad planificados para los solicitantes por teléfono

2 months ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

Video: El Seguro Social reduce los requisitos de verificación de identidad por teléfono. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn La SSA está retrocediendo sustancialmente en un plan para implementar nuevas medidas de verificación de identidad en persona que podrían haber impedido que millones de adultos mayores en el país soliciten beneficios por teléfono.
Social Security Eases Planned ID-Verification Requirements for Phone Applications

2 months ago | aarp.org | Andy Markowitz

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is substantially walking back a plan to implement burdensome new in-person measures for identity verification that could have prevented millions of older Americans from applying for benefits by phone. “Beginning on April 14, #SocialSecurity will perform an anti-fraud check on all claims filed over the telephone and flag claims that have fraud risk indicators,” the SSA announced April 8 in a series of posts on X.