"These are the very changes Visitor_ assured us weren't Trump's doing and have been in the works for years."
This story keeps getting worse and worse. It turns out that the SSA is rolling out changes to the phone service in just two weeks rather than in two years as would normally be the protocol, and all because DonOLD Trump is pushing them to do so:
Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say
The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.
Why it matters: These changes will strain the already struggling Social Security system and could even deprive some people of benefits entirely, according to current and former employees and advocates for retirees. . . .
Driving the news: Acting commissioner Leland Dudek said the changes in question would usually take two years to implement, but will be made in two weeks instead, the two sources said, on condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation.
Dudek also said the changes, happening so fast and with little public understanding, will create opportunities for scammers, one of the sources said.
Dudek acknowledged the policy could increase fraud risks for beneficiaries, according to one attendee. He said in the past Social Security had been too "thoughtful" in considering beneficiaries before making changes.
