‘Suicide Is only One Option': Social Security Staff Newly Assigned to Phone Duties Raise Concerns over Training

“Suicide is one option,” seniors on Social Security told

Advocates for maintaining and improving Social Security and fighting cuts in the program by the Trump administration are horrified by news that some seniors and others calling about their Social benefits have been told by the person answering the phone that “suicide is one option.

‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training

Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.