Starting March 31, benefit claimants will no longer have the option to verify their identity with the SSA over the phone.

The Social Security Administration just made a major announcement about certain kinds of claims and a new deadline at the end of the month.

If you're on Social Security, you're probably used to small changes to the size of your benefit checks every year due to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). But major changes to those benefits are pretty rare. That's what makes the recently enacted Social Security Fairness Act such big news.