Potential Government Shutdown October 1

In anticipation of a potential government shutdown, the SSA outlined a contingency plan for how operations would occur. Importantly, a large majority of SSA functions are considered critical, so only certain functions would be impacted.

In the event of a government shutdown, the relevant halted SSA activities would be (not exhaustive):

· Benefit verifications

· Earning record corrections

· Third-party request queries

· FOIA requests

· Replacement Medicare cards

· Overpayment processing

· Quality control review

· Responding to Congressional inquiries on appeals

If the shutdown were to become lengthy, their plan could change. IBI will continue to monitor these updates.

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https://www.ssa.gov/agency/shutdown/materials/contingency-plan-08-14-23.pdf?utm_source=NOSSCR+Members&utm_campaign=76b8de7059-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_09_14_04_56&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-76b8de7059-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D