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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy wife and I are on social securuty (retired)
will funds be paid during the shutdown?
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My wife and I are on social securuty (retired) (Original Post)
gopiscrap
Oct 2025
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I heard that yesterday. My wife and I are both on S.S. and were hoping it was true.
OLDMDDEM
Oct 2025
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Ocelot II
(131,688 posts)1. Yes.
OLDMDDEM
(3,327 posts)3. I heard that yesterday. My wife and I are both on S.S. and were hoping it was true.
JustAnotherGen
(38,176 posts)2. Yes
The difficulty will be for new retirees who are unable to file.
lostincalifornia
(5,641 posts)4. Yes, and same with Medicare coverage
Shellback Squid
(10,209 posts)5. yes, no worries about that
Chalco
(1,444 posts)6. According to the Washington Post...
Yes.
mnhtnbb
(33,571 posts)7. I get a widow's Federal retirement benefit
and it was deposited yesterday, as it normally is on the first of the month. Social Security is supposed to be continued, so I'm optimistic it will be. It's hard to trust anything out of this Administration.
gopiscrap
(24,785 posts)8. thank you everyone for replying
I thought we did, but wasn't totally sure