Social Security Administration Suspends Mailing of Social Security Earnings Statements, Leaving Many without Access to Critical Savings Tool
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 11:15 am
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Consumers for Paper Options, a coalition advocating for access to important paper-based services and information, has expressed strong opposition to a new decision by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to suspend the mailing of Social Security Statements to workers under the age of 60. The move comes despite a measure in the Fiscal Year 2014 funding bill requiring the Social Security Administration to "significantly restore" the mailing of earnings statements. In response to Congress' 2014 directive, the agency resumed mailing a statement every five years to every American ages 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 who has not signed up for online statements. ***** Take our annual reader survey here
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