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The Treasury's New 'Debit Card'

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Social Security checks may be replaced by plastic.

Instead of a check from the government, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients may soon get plastic. The U.S. Treasury wants to switch its payments to a Direct Express “debit card,” which would be stocked with a monthly payment. Said one treasury official: “Those paper checks are problematic. They get lost, stolen or aren’t received on time.”

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