{"id":23458,"date":"2023-09-30T14:48:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microloannexus.com\/personal-finance\/will-your-social-security-and-medicare-checks-stop-under-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:48:47","slug":"will-your-social-security-and-medicare-checks-stop-under-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microloannexus.com\/?p=23458","title":{"rendered":"Will Your Social Security And Medicare Checks Stop Under Government Shutdown? What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The quick answer: Don\u2019t panic. Social Security Administration (SSA) and Medicare checks will continue to be mailed even when \u2014 and if \u2014 the rest of the federal government stops getting its funding from Congress due to shutdown induced by inaction by House GOP leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue activities critical to our direct-service operations and those needed to ensure accurate and timely payment of benefits,\u201d SSA stated in an Aug. 14 letter<\/u> to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on its shutdown contingency plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther services that SSA said it plans to continue include application for benefits, requests for appeals, payee changes, direct contact reinstatement of benefits, issuance of original and replacement Social Security cards, initial claims, and assistance requests for hearings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Social Security and Medicare are funded by a separate pot of money from Congressional appropriations, they are safe for now.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean, though, that Social Security Administration will be at full staffing during a shutdown. The agency stated that:<\/p>\n

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