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In reply to the discussion: A Secret Plan to Close Social Security's Offices and Outsource Its Work [View all]ieoeja
(9,748 posts)59. Obamacare apparently helped a lot.
I tried setting up an online SSA account several times prior to the ACA rollout with no success. I never tried the ACA, but the difficulties being reported sounded identical to those I encountered with SSA (except that nobody cared about THAT apparently). I figured they were using the same company.
Once the ACA got fixed, I popped over to the SSA and, sure enough, it was now working. Pretty sure the ACA fix was applied to SSA too.
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A Secret Plan to Close Social Security's Offices and Outsource Its Work [View all]
eridani
Jun 2014
OP
Is this a draft for a bill? Or is there a bill number to call my representative about?
freshwest
Jun 2014
#16
Just like I didn't think courtesy was new, I don't know if incompetence is new, either.
merrily
Jun 2014
#51
Don't think it's a secret plan. I signed petitions and wrote letters to my
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2014
#19