There are not many public or private insurers in the world who can claim to never have missed a monthly benefit payment in 90 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is good news for\u00a071 million Americans\u00a0\u2014 many of whom depend on their earned benefit every month as a lifeline. But we are not out of the woods yet. The agency has been gutted. Enormous damage has been done to customer service and to the agency\u2019s ability to process claims.<\/p>\n
IN A SNAP, TRUMP BLAMED FOR BLOCKING FOOD ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n President Donald Trump, joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Just as many are demanding that Trump\u2019s deep cuts to healthcare be restored, so too must Trump\u2019s deep cuts to Social Security be restored, as the two are inextricably linked. Sixty-four\u00a0million Medicare recipients\u00a0will see a reduction in their Social Security benefits in 2026 due to Trump\u2019s Medicare price hikes that will cut into their Social Security\u00a0cost-of-living adjustment\u00a0(COLA), making life more expensive for seniors. This is the greatest erosion of the Social Security COLA in nearly a decade, and the first time that Medicare premiums exceeded $200 per month.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the Social Security Administration\u2019s staffing<\/a> now reduced to a 60-year low and baby boomers swelling the number of active beneficiaries to an\u00a0all-time high, the agency is struggling badly, and the American people are paying the price.\u00a0Wait times\u00a0to get to a person in a field office or to talk to a person on the 1-800 line have become longer and longer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n As the Trump administration\u00a0claims\u00a0that things have never been better, millions of Americans are having a very different experience. In fact,\u00a0more people today now die\u00a0waiting in line for their initial disability determination than at any time since President Dwight Eisenhower signed the disability portion of the act into law in 1956. Even just recently, Trump and DOGE\u00a0risked 300 million Americans\u2019 personal data<\/a>\u00a0from the Social Security Administration. They have robbed Americans of customer service and peace of mind.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Conditions have grown so bad \u2013 Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, has\u00a0called for Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano\u2019s resignation.\u00a0It proves to be a telling illustration of the deep concern experts have for the damage done to the agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n None of this had to happen. It was made to happen. As a candidate, Trump\u00a0vowed\u00a0all through the campaign that he would protect Social Security. Instead, he wrecked the program\u2019s customer service, took a chainsaw to its functions and maligned its reputation with false claims of waste, fraud and abuse.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/trump-musk.jpg\")
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