|
Facebook and =
Twitter Keep Us=20
In Touch
![3D"facebook](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/facebooktwitterico=) You already get this newsletter to keep =
you in the=20
know about important Social Security news and reminders. Perhaps =
you also=20
subscribe to email updates, which you can do on many pages of http://www.socialsecurity.gov/=20
by simply clicking =93Get email updates=94 next to the red =
envelope. But how=20
would you like to get quick tidbits of news more often? There are =
two ways=20
you can.
One is to=20
=93like=94 us on Facebook. Simply click the Facebook icon at the =
top right=20
corner of our website and then select =93like.=94 More than 18,000 =
people=20
already get these regular updates.
If you like=20
your information snippets even shorter, you can select the Twitter =
icon at=20
the top right corner of our page and click the =93follow=94 =
button. Nearly=20
5,000 people currently follow our tweets.
Whether you=20
prefer posts, tweets, or good old fashioned email alerts, you can =
find=20
them all at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/.
|
![3D"Social](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/logo-update.gif"=20){kind=logo}
![3D"Patty](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/pattydukepjs.jpg")
After years of telling people they can =
apply online=20
for Social Security in their pajamas, Patty Duke has taken her own =
advice.=20
Duke, who turned 65 earlier this month, applied online for =
retirement and=20
Medicare benefits from home at ![3D'""'](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/medicalrecords.jpg=)
Beginning in April, many people applying =
for Social=20
Security disability benefits will be able to sign and submit the=20
Authorization to Disclose Information to Social Security (Form =
SSA-827)=20
form electronically, as the last part of the online =
process.![3D"Subscribe](3D"http://www.socialsecurity.gov/newsletter/images/envelope1.jpg"=20)
Subscribe=20
here.