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Social Security benefits are untouched, but the agency lost 7,000 staff

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November 1, 2026, updated automatically each morning. 293 executive orders on file.
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MixedPromise 14 · Social Security & Medicare

The platform said: “Fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age”

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What was done: Benefits and the retirement age are unchanged. The agency that pays them lost about 7,000 staff, the largest cut in its history.

In February 2025 the Social Security Administration announced it would cut about 7,000 jobs, roughly 12% of its workforce. It also said it would consolidate its ten regional offices into four. Benefit formulas and the full retirement age have not changed. Advocates and the employees’ union warned that the cuts would slow claims and field-office service.

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