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2mo ago

INSS Suspends Benefit-Processing Bonus Program Over Budget Shortfall

The agency seeks R$89.1 million to restart the initiative.

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INSS suspende programa de redução de fila por falta de verba
INSS interrompeu pagamennto de benefícios por resultado

Overview

  • INSS president Gilberto Waller Jr. issued an official memo pausing the Programa de Gerenciamento de Benefícios effective Wednesday.
  • During the suspension, no tasks will be completed under the extraordinary analysis queues, and pending items are being returned to ordinary processing, with off-hours social-service appointments moved to regular schedules.
  • The memo requests a R$89.1 million budget supplement from the Ministry of Social Security to fund the program’s continuation.
  • More than 2.6 million benefit requests await decisions as of August, according to the government’s transparency portal.
  • Created on April 15 under MP 1.296/2025, now Law 15.201, the PGB replaced a 2024 queue program and uses voluntary bonuses of R$68 for staff and R$75 for medical examiners to speed reviews.