Elon Musk's cost-cutting operation, DOGE, set off a panic in March among elderly and disabled people after proposing that the Social Security Administration scraped many of its claims services over the phone to end alleged identity fraud.

The Social Security Administration scrapped the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans to stop providing service to recipients over the phone. Last month, DOGE proposed ending some of the Social Security Administration’s over-the-phone claims services to combat identity fraud,