800 number

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It also estimates 86 million calls to the national 800 number and 67 million calls to field offices.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Bisignano has also fixated on how much time it takes to reach an agent on the SSA’s 800 number.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

The consequences have included wait times on the program’s 800 number that ballooned to nearly an hour, O’Malley said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Guards watching the box point anyone asking questions to a sign with an 800 number taped to the glass.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2021

I pick up and hear the dial tone, dial the 800 number for the phone card...and then stop.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini