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The Social Security Administration’s plan to mandate in-person identity checks while shutting down offices feels like a one-two punch to people who are already stretched thin. Forcing millions—especially the elderly, disabled, or those in rural areas—to trek to a field office, when there’ll be fewer of them, is a logistical nightmare. It’s not hard to see why lawmakers and advocates are pissed: this hits a vulnerable group hardest, piling on barriers to benefits they’ve earned. The timing’s brutal too—cutting staff and locations while adding this hoop to jump through smells like a deliberate squeeze, not a fix for fraud. What’s your take on how this’ll play out?