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Musk Shamed Into Abandoning Cut to Vital Social Security Service

NEVERMIND THEN

Elon Musk’s DOGE foot soldiers had laid out a plan to scrap telephone services—which would have forced elderly benefit recipients to seek help with their claims online.

Julia Ornedo
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FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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