{"id":10617,"date":"2023-12-21T18:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=10617"},"modified":"2023-12-21T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:08:12","slug":"happy-holidays-from-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/happy-holidays-from-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Social Security Column<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Erin Thompson, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special to The Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The holiday season often brings us feelings of warmth and joy.\u00a0 At Social Security, we want you to know we share the same joy when it comes to serving you, whether it be online, by telephone, or in person.\u00a0 Our online services are available to help you do business with us in an easy, convenient, and secure way.\u00a0 It all starts with a personal <em>my<\/em>\u00a0Social Security<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>account.\u00a0 More than 71 million people have signed up for their personal account!<\/p>\n<p>You can create a personal <em>my<\/em>\u00a0Social Security<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>account to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply for retirement, spouse, or disability benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Apply for Medicare.<\/li>\n<li>Check your application or appeal status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you receive benefits, you can use your personal <em>my<\/em>\u00a0Social Security account to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change your address. (Social Security benefits only)<\/li>\n<li>Change your direct deposit information. (Social Security benefits only)<\/li>\n<li>Instantly get proof of benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Print your SSA-1099.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not receive Social Security benefits, you can use a personal <em>my<\/em>\u00a0Social Security account to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get personalized retirement, spouse, or disability benefit estimates.<\/li>\n<li>Get your <em>Social Security Statement.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Get instant proof that you do not receive benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can use our services on-the-go or from the comfort of your home.\u00a0 Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\">www.ssa.gov\/myaccount<\/a> to view the services available to you.\u00a0 We want you to have a safe, happy holiday season and know that we are here for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Security Column\u00a0 By Erin Thompson, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH Special to The Truth The holiday season often brings us feelings of warmth and joy.\u00a0 At Social Security, we want you to know we share the same joy when it comes to serving you, whether it be online, by telephone, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[207],"class_list":["post-10617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10618,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions\/10618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10617"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=10617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}