Government shutdown: How your Social Security payments will be affected

Government shutdown: How your Social Security payments will be affected

As multiple government programs are poised to halt work as a possible government shutdown grows closer ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, Social Security will not be one of them.

Social Security payments are issued through a private trust that is not affected by the federal government shutting down, even as millions of federal workers could temporarily go without pay. Medicare and Veterans Affairs benefits would still be distributed during a shutdown.

September 28, 2023 06:14 PM

September 28, 2023 06:14 PM

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