Social Security Agency Releases Update on Expanded Benefits

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law earlier this year, providing higher payments to certain public sector workers, impacting 3 million people.

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it has processed about nine out of every 10 cases in connection with a law that would prompt higher payments as well as retroactive payments to around 3 million recipients, according to an update.

A graph released on the SSA website shows that 91 percent of total Social Security Fairness Act claims were processed between Feb. 25 and May 30. The website was last updated on June 1, according to page metadata reviewed by The Epoch Times.