This week people on Social Security got an 8.7% increase in payments. It’s a big boost when the system works the way it’s supposed to, but often it doesn’t.
CLEVELAND — News 5 Investigators have been reporting on Social Security problems for years, even taking your complaints straight to Washington, D.C. during our Social Insecurity series. Now, new problems face the administration and people are suffering.But the patience can only last so long for her.She said she paid into the Social Security system her whole life.She told us she was no longer able to work, and the home that she wasn’t really able to live in was falling apart.
“I was never getting nowhere with Social Security, you know?” said Fitch. “They just kept putting roadblocks up.”“It’s rough for a lot of people. I know some of them personally, you know?” she said, wiping away more tears. Thankfully, a friend took Spriggs in as he fought to get his approved Social Security benefits. The whole ordeal lasted nearly 4 years, he said.
She told us sometimes she can’t get through to Social Security call centers. Claims are just sitting there, and when she has conversations with local field offices, more problems are mentioned. SSA also told us it’s lost 4,000 employees since the pandemic, including a 20% drop in the Columbus office that serves Ohio.
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