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Law changes aim to boost Social Security for 3.2 million public servants
The Social Security Administration sent nearly 3.1 million payments worth $17 billion to eligible beneficiaries by July 2025, but some people missed the automatic adjustment.
A law signed by former President Joe Biden increased Social Security payments for 3.2 million people who worked as police officers, firefighters, teachers and other public servants, according to Yahoo Finance, citing The Hill.
The article says the higher benefits were intended to address long standing reductions tied to the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, rules that the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) eliminated.
While the Social Security Administration moved quickly after the law passed, the article notes that many beneficiaries still may not know they qualify. It says WEP and GPO could reduce spousal and survivor benefits significantly, and in some cases reduced Social Security benefits to zero.
Yahoo Finance also cites claims that some would be applicants were not tracked for retroactive payments because they never applied, and it points to a letter to the agency signed by Senators Bill Cassidy, John Cornyn and John Fetterman that said SSA staff wrongly advised people not to apply.