<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssa.gov&#x2F;policy&#x2F;docs&#x2F;quickfacts&#x2F;stat_snapshot&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ssa.gov&#x2F;policy&#x2F;docs&#x2F;quickfacts&#x2F;stat_snapshot&#x2F;</a><p>The SSA is currently handling some 64 million beneficiaries.<p>I&#x27;m not contending that it&#x27;d be easy, but it&#x27;s a scaling problem at this point. Systems exist to handle it already.