Will Your Social Security And Medicare Checks Stop Under Government Shutdown? What You Need To Know

The quick answer: Don’t panic. Social Security Administration (SSA) and Medicare checks will continue to be mailed even when — and if — the rest of the federal government stops getting its funding from Congress due to shutdown induced by inaction by House GOP leadership.

“We will continue activities critical to our direct-service operations and those needed to ensure accurate and timely payment of benefits,” SSA stated in an Aug. 14 letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on its shutdown contingency plans.