Question: In your column Sunday (808ne.ws/42aGN4R) about SSA retroactive payments, it is correct that payments were supposed to be to January 2024, but a few of us former federal workers have received retroactive payments only back to July 2024. I applied for spousal benefits that were denied to me since 2017, and an agent on the phone told me the same thing, that I would get retroactive benefits only back to July 2024. I went to the SSA Kapolei office, and the agent said they saw that annotation on my file, but she couldn’t explain why. We’re all still wondering the reason, since whatever this payment is, it’s a one-time thing. ...read more read less