Missing Medicare document cost Philly woman hundreds before refund arrived
Philadelphia-area woman says one missing document triggered months of higher monthly charges.
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Philadelphia-area woman says one missing document triggered months of higher monthly charges.
Highly sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, was mailed out to the wrong recipients in the Delaware Valley. CBS Philadelphia's Joe Holden reports.
A Social Security scam is trying to convince beneficiaries that they're under investigation for tax fraud. The Social Security Administration says the phony letter appears to come from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Months after the Social Security Administration wrongly declared her dead, Renee Williams is still getting her life back on track.
Some Social Security beneficiaries will receive an extra payment next month. Here's who will get the extra checks and why.
The 2024 inflation adjustment won't be as large as last year's hike. That means some older Americans could lose ground.
Each year, seniors and others on Social Security receive a cost-of-living adjustment. Next year, they'll see an 8.7% hike.
The Social Security Administration has announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for 2021.
A year after Caitlyn Jenner announced her new name and gender, the popularity of the name Caitlyn plummeted more than any other baby name, according to Social Security's annual list of the most popular baby names.
The Social Security Administration has released its list of top baby names for 2014.
Authorities say a Philadelphia woman concealed the death of her daughter in order to continue receiving Supplemental Security Income payments.
Since October, the Social Security Administration has closed three of its offices in the Philadelphia region: Jenkintown, Woodland Avenue, and, as of last week, the office at 15th and Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
The Social Security Administration says it will close its Jenkintown field office at the end of this month (September 28th), leaving residents of Eastern Montgomery County without a local office, but at least one local lawmaker is hoping to get the decision reversed.
Senator Casey says loopholes in the Social Security system allowed the situation to occur and he wants to introduce a new bill to prevent similar cases in the future.
Anna Rotondo has never met Linda Ann Weston. She's never been in the basement of horrors, where police allege Weston was keeping four mentally-challenged adults as she stole their Social Security disability checks.
A grieving family is left to dispute with the IRS after learning someone stole their dead child's identity. Equally disturbing is how easily the tax cheater got the information.
