Social Security, Maine and Trump administration

Maine babies will get Social Security numbers in hospital after Trump admin directive condemned
The acting head of the Social Security Administration says he rescinded and apologized for an order that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital.
Maine Social Security snafu a "mistake," Trump administration says
Update: Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Lee Dudek announced the reversal of a decision terminating Enumeration at Birth in Maine in a Friday statement, calling it a "mistake" and directing the programs be reinstated.
Social Security Update: Trump Admin Reverses Major Change in One State
The Portland Press Herald reported Thursday evening that SSA officials alerted the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of the change this week. Under the original plan, Maine residents would have needed to travel to a Social Security office to obtain a card for their newborns.
What Elon Musk said about fixing Social Security amid claims Trump administration is 'gutting it'
The White House is trying to calm concerns about the future of Social Security amid Elon Musk's latest comments and critics warning the Trump administration is 'gutting it.'
Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts
Rachel Maddow shares video of Rep. John Larson channeling the outrage of his constituents at the anticipation that Donald Trump's top donor, Elon Musk, is intending to destroy Social Security in order to privatize it.
The Big Social Security Change President Donald Trump Wants to Make and Why It's Unlikely
President Trump during his recent campaign proposed eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits. "Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security," he wrote on his social media platform in July. Trump then reiterated the point during a Fox & Friends interview in August.
President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — as GOP mulls Medicaid reform
President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — but where will $880 billion in budget cuts come from?
Boomers: Trump's Social Security Plan Has a Major Flaw No One Is Addressing
It’s an unfortunate fact that many Americans enter retirement without savings. People in that boat inevitably wind up heavily reliant on Social Security, to the point where it’s their only source of income.

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Trump Administration Backtracks On Forcing Maine Parents To Visit Social Security Offices To Register Newborns
The Social Security Administration canceled contracts that allowed Maine parents to sign up newborns for Social Security ...
Trump v. Maine. How the president is trying to pressure the state into submission.
After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, ...
After Maine’s governor publicly challenged him, Trump threw the state’s Social Security into chaos
Maine Gov. Janet Mills upbraided Trump over his transgender policies. Was his cancellation of a key Social Security policy in ...
Social Security reverses course, will allow Maine parents to register newborns at hospital
The reversal by the Trump administration occurred less than a day after the news had spread to health care providers, ...
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Feds reinstate Mainers' ability to register newborns for Social Security numbers at hospital
The Social Security Administration has reinstated Maine parents' ability to register their newborns for a Social Security ...
Trump administration rescinds new order requiring Maine parents visit Social Security office to register newborns
Lee Dudek, the acting Social Security Administration commissioner, said in a statement that the agency was “correcting” a ...
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In Maine, feds reinstate program that registers newborns for Social Security numbers at hospitals
Maine officials at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention began notifying providers that the federal government had ...