Eric Darnley SmallDec 31
A Washington Post report reveals the Social Security Administration is in crisis after Trump’s second-term plan to cut 7,000 employees, causing record backlogs and long wait times of over two hours for beneficiaries. Less staff meant minimal training for new workers, worsening service quality and response times for millions of pending cases and transactions. While some call times improved slightly, the agency’s overall ability to serve Americans has significantly deteriorated. This fallout exposes how staffing cuts and poor management can cripple a critical safety net for millions. Want to learn more about the decline of the SSA? https://www.alternet.org/trump-social-security-2674839121/ #SocialSecurity #GovernmentFailure #PublicServices #Trump #AdminFailures #PolicyImpact #SocialSecurityCrisis
Social Security 'in turmoil' as new reporting details damage done by Trump

An in-depth report published by the Washington Post on Tuesday offers new details about the damage being done to the Social Security Administration during President Donald Trump’s second term.The Post, citing both internal documents and interviews with insiders, reported that the Social Security Adm...

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> The administrative savings alone, according to some estimates, would be enough to provide health care coverage to the 43 million Americans who are currently uninsured. But it will be difficult to have an informed public debate about the expansion of social insurance as long as widespread misconceptions prevail about our existing programs of Social Security and Medicare.
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