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The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent out an official letter to Congress Thursday afternoon declaring that Americans’ advantages, processing times and service levels have actually enhanced under President Donald Trump this year.
In the letter, Commissioner Frank Bisignano composed that the company has actually “made historical development” for retired people and low-income Americans through reforms focused on openness, call center reaction times and structured advantages shipment.”
With the passage of President Trump’s historical ‘One Huge Stunning Expense’ previously this year, America’s senior citizens will be keeping more of their hard-earned advantages with a tax reduction that gets rid of federal earnings taxes on Social Security for nearly all recipients,” Bisignano composed. “This is substantial, significant tax relief for older Americans.”
Beyond tax cuts for Social Security recipients, the company likewise promoted lower wait times and taking on a stockpile of impairment cases head-on.
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President Donald Trump presents with Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano in the Oval Workplace as Trump shows a signed pronouncement. ( Thanks To the Social Security Administration)
” In-office wait times are down nearly 27% to 22 minutes from thirty minutes at the end of in 2015,” Bisignano composed. “The impairment declares stockpile was at an all-time high in June of 2024 with over 1.26 million pending claims. I am happy to share that we have actually minimized the stockpile this year by over 25% to 865,000, a level that hasn’t been seen considering that 2022.”
Trump signed the 90th Anniversary of the Social Security Act executive order in August, where he recommitted to “constantly safeguarding Social Security, rewarding the guys and females who make our nation thriving, and looking after our own employees, households, senior citizens, and residents initially.”
The company has actually made a push under President Trump to enhance procedures online through its “my Social Security” online platform.
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Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano reacts to criticism that the Trump administration is ruining the social safeguard program. ( Picture by Mandel NGAN/ AFP) (Picture by MANDEL NGAN/AFP through Getty Images)
According to the commissioner, the federal government website had actually a set up downtime of almost 30 hours each week before his Senate verification in Might, before taking workplace. “Americans now have 24/7 access to their Social Security info online,” Bisignano included.
Claims made in the company’s letter have actually not been individually confirmed by Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump holds up a signed pronouncement in the Oval Workplace honoring the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Serve As Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano searches, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. ( AP/Alex Brandon)
The correspondence comes as Democrats continue to declare Trump-era changes threaten social programs, a charge the company straight rebuts. Previously this year, Senator Warren, D-Mass., argued that the SSA was eliminating essential information and concealing dysfunction.
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Bisignano’s whole letter to Congress can be checked out here.
The White Home did not right away react to Fox News Digital’s ask for remark.
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