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Answer: You typically need to be married for “one continuous year” before applying for a spousal benefit, according to the Social Security Administration.

At the National Academy panel, O’Malley warned that the Social Security Administration’s ability to provide effective customer service to beneficiaries and applicants faced collapse under Dudek and DOGE.

Additional agencies on the chopping block that are not related to the environment include offices of the Internal Revenue Service, the Indian Health Service, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Education.

There have even been efforts to destroy the phone service that allows beneficiaries to call the Social Security Administration for help.

Then last week, the Social Security Administration briefly became the sixth federal agency to target Maine, canceling contracts that allowed hospitals to automatically report births and funeral homes to report deaths.