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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Proposed Trump policy could force thousands of citizens applying for social security benefits to verify their identities in person

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Trump’s Social Security Administration proposed a major change that could force thousands of people every week to show up at a shrinking list of field offices before they can receive benefits.

In an effort to combat fraud, the SSA has suggested that citizens applying for Social Security or disability benefits over the phone would also need to, for the first time, verify their identities using an online program called “internet ID proofing,” according to an internal memo viewed by the Washington Post.

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