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Local San José Social Security Office:

Social Security
Room 244, 2nd Floor
280 S First St
San Jose, CA 95113
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM except Federal Holidays
Note: Photo I.D. mandatory to enter Federal Building.
Toll-Free (800) 772-1213
TTY (800) 325-0778

Map showing the location of the downtown San Jose Social Security office
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Social Security Administration Online Opens in new window
Information on Social Security and Medicare including Applying for Benefits, For Beneficiaries, For Workers, Social Security Cards and more. --- www.ssa.gov



Social Security Issues:


Project on Social Security Choice -- Cato Institute * Opens in new window
Website advocating "a market-based alternative to the current Social Security system" and including research in support of this argument. --- socialsecurity.org

Social Security -- AARP Opens in new window
The AARP's website explaining the organization's position on social security reform. --- aarp.org/money/social_security/

Social Security Issue Guide -- Economic Policy Institute Opens in new window
"Fact sheets, figures, and links to other important publications on the subject of Social Security. This Issue Guide has been newly updated to reflect information about the recent debate over Social Security privatization." --- www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_socialsecurity

The Social Security Network * Opens in new window
Resource for information and research on the Social Security program and the debate about its future. Includes such articles as Twelve Reasons Why Privatizing Social Security Is a Bad Idea --- www.socsec.org


This page last updated July 29, 2009 by Web Team

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