Here’s a quick reminder to newsletter subscribers to join me for a one-hour free webinar this afternoon on the current chaos at the Social Security Administration.
The Trump/DOGE shakeup of the SSA has created a great deal of anxiety for retirees - and people getting close to retirement - about accessing benefits and transacting business with the agency. The chaos has included reductions in staff, including key leadership and IT positions, and a raft of on-again/off-again changes to the benefit claiming, field office closures and more.
Today’s one-hour webinar will be held at 4pm central time today. It’s sponsored by my friends at LiveAgeWell in Edgewater on Chicago’s north side, and the Chicagoland Villages Collaborative. The event is free, and open for anyone around the country to attend. If you can’t make it to the live event but would like to listen later, please go ahead and register -the sponsors will send a link to the recorded video afterwards. And I will include a link in the next edition of the newsletter.
I’ll put the current attack on the SSA into some historical context, and offer thoughts on who is most at risk and how to protect yourself. I’ll also talk about the current financial health of the two trust funds that finance benefits.