Social Security chief reverses course on ending contracts affecting Maine: ‘I apologize’
Social Security Administration (SSA) acting commissioner Lee Dudek on Friday reversed the agency’s decision to change how newborns in the state of Maine receive their Social Security cards, apologizing for “an undue burden on the people of Maine.
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Social Security Administration acting Commissioner Lee Dudek announced Friday that he was reversing his decision to suspend a program in Maine that allows parents to apply for a Social Security number for newborn infants by simply filling out a form at the hospital.
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Lee Dudek, the acting Social Security Administration commissioner, said in a statement that the agency was “correcting” a decision to change the policy.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Trump Administration is reversing course on a recently announced policy change from the Social Security Administration. Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek announced Friday morning he’s reinstating two contracts he ended just days ago.
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Social Security Administration acting head says he rescinded and apologized for order that would have required Maine parents to register newborns at a federal office.
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In retrospect, I realize that ending these contracts created an undue burden on the people of Maine, which was not the intent,” the acting commissioner said.
'Undue burden on the people of Maine': Social security policy change for newborns rescinded
Parents had been told earlier this week that now had to take their children to one of 8 Social Security offices in the state
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Parents of newborns in Maine must now take their children to a Social Security Administration office to register them and apply for a number instead of filling out the paperwork at the hospital when the child is born,
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