In July 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on a Wisconsin woman whose family feared her representative payee might have misused her funds. Representative payees are responsible for aiding ...
A proposal to ban payments to people without a Social Security number is likely to impact beneficiaries who are retired, disabled, widowed, or low income. “Representative payees” who accept benefits ...
WASHINGTON -- Although most people who receive and manage Social Security benefits on behalf of other individuals perform their duties well, the Social Security Administration's "representative payee" ...