Article: SOCIAL SECURITY Q & A

This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. For answers to specific questions, contact Social Security at (800) 772-1213.) Distributed by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services.

Q. I've read that Social Security will start paying new beneficiaries their benefit payments on the second, third or fourth Wednesday of each month, rather than the traditional third day of the month. Why was this change necessary?

A. This change will help us to balance the distribution of Social Security payments. The new payment dates will spread out calls and visits to our Social Security offices related to the monthly benefits throughout the month instead of during the first week of the ...

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