About 500,000 people were still getting paper checks — including people over age 80, living with disabilities or without internet access.

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Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to receive paper Social Security checks will get theirs in the mail in September. President ...

Starting Sept. 30, 2025, the Social Security Administration will stop issuing paper checks for benefit payments.