[retiredguy123]

I applied for benefits under this new law, and it was approved within 10 days. Apparently, I will be immediately receiving 6 months of back pay from the application date and a regular monthly check starting in February. But, the SS representative said that the current law only allows the payments to be retroactive for 6 months back, even though the new law requires retroactive payments for 12 months back to December, 2023. I never submitted an application for spouse benefits because I knew that the GPO (Government Pension Offset) would totally wipe out any benefits. So, it sounds like they are applying the new law, but not the retroactivity that was included in it. Hopefully, the Government will correct this discrepancy between the current law and the new law. I would appreciate any additional information that anyone has about this issue.