To that end, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is going after overpayments more aggressively. In March, it announced ...

On March 7, the federal agency announced it would reinstate the 100 percent withholding rate when attempting to get back incorrectly paid benefits.

There were increased fears about financial hardship for Social Security beneficiaries in the coming days. In light of such an ...

If you receive more money than expected from your Social Security payment, don't assume it's a gift from the Social Security Administration. More than likely, you received an overpayment due to ...

The SSA press office did not respond to questions for this article. The emergency message to SSA staff said the new policy applies to overpayment notices sent on or after April 25. In one place ...

A policy under the Biden administration provided relief to beneficiaries, who often live on the fringe of poverty, capping ...

In an April 25 "emergency message" to Social Security employees, the agency said it is reducing its overpayment clawback rate to 50% from 100%. The change comes after SSA on March 27 started ...

according to an SSA emergency message. This means retirees who owe money to SSA may see a larger deduction from their checks each month. The agency is also restarting the Treasury Offset Program ...

Now, the SSA has retreated from the March policy change and is now considering a clawback rate of 50%, according to their message. SSA still mum on reason for policy change However, SSA did not ...

We obtained an “emergency message” sent to Social Security Administration staff informing them that beginning April 25, SSA will be withholding 50% of monthly benefits checks for recipients ...