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Payment change to affect more than 63,000 in state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twelve percent of West Virginia's 537,473 Social Security and Supplementary Security Income recipients still receive paper benefit checks, the highest percentage in the nation, federal figures show.
That will charge March 1, when the federal government switches all benefit and non-tax government payments to electronic payments in a move to reduce costs. Recipients can choose either direct deposit or Direct Express Debit MasterCard, which works like a bank ATM debit card.
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Payment change to affect more than 63,000 in state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twelve percent of West Virginia's 537,473 Social Security and Supplementary Security Income recipients still receive paper benefit checks, the highest percentage in the nation, federal figures show.
That will charge March 1, when the federal government switches all benefit and non-tax government payments to electronic payments in a move to reduce costs. Recipients can choose either direct deposit or Direct Express Debit MasterCard, which works like a bank ATM debit card.
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