Starting July 24, millions of Americans will see a reduction in their Social Security checks as the SSA resumes collecting ...

Social Security is a vital financial lifeline for ... One of the most prevalent issues is overpayment, ... ensuring you are ...

In October 2023, SSA Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi announced a review of overpayment procedures and policies. Shortly after, in November 2023, a “60 Minutes” episode included a segment ...

Millions of Americans relying on Social Security benefits may soon face reduced payments, as the Social Security ...

The agency's inspector general found that 73,000 overpayments in 2022 were due to problems with Social Security's own calculations, rather than the fault of the beneficiary. "SSA's automated ...

In March 2024, the SSA changed the amount taken from Social Security payments if an overpayment occurred -- instead of withholding 100% of your next payment, it would withhold only 10%.

To that end, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is going after overpayments more aggressively. In March, it announced plans to withhold 100% of benefits, if needed, to recoup overpaid funds.

Social Security's overpayments policy is taking effect. Here's how it could impact seniors. 02:49 Some Social Security recipients could soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a policy that ...

For instance, one change, moving away from withholding 100 percent of people’s monthly Social Security benefits to recover alleged overpayments, has been a major improvement, say advocates for ...

Several lawmakers came together to urge the SSA to fix its overpayment problems, ... The SSA paid out more than $11 billion in Social Security overpayments in 2022, ...

Social Security overpayments add up to a substantial amount, creating administrative and fiscal management problems for the Social Security Administration. It's hard for recipients, too ...

Lawyers like Sarah Jacobs will help some of the millions of people who are receiving these letters and can’t get any help from the SSA as it tries to collect more than $20 billion in overpayments.