If social security payments weren't made during the shut down, I have to wonder if McConnel would

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6. Safe for 2019.

See What Is and Isn’t Affected by the Government Shutdown - NY Times, 1/2/2019:

Fear not, older Americans: The Social Security checks are still coming. (And the Postal Service will still deliver them.)

That’s because the Social Security Administration received funding for the 2019 fiscal year back in September, according to Mark Hinkle, an agency spokesman.

“Social Security services and offices will remain fully operational, and Social Security benefits will be paid on time,” he said in an emailed statement.

(Read more on how power dynamics may shift in the newly divided Congress.)

Medicare and Medicaid are similarly unaffected.

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