The SSA confirmed that beneficiaries and my Social Security account holders will not be required to visit a field office.

A potential new Social Security Administration policy would force 3.4 million more people to visit field offices to update their addresses and make other routine requests at a time when the agency’s staffing has been cut and field offices face long wait times for appointments.

Social Security beneficiaries can breathe a sigh of relief after the SSA reversed a controversial policy initially scheduled to take effect in August. The original plan would have