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 impending scenario, the Social Security Administration announced that it ...

Social Security beneficiaries who were mistakenly overpaid will now have 50% of their monthly check withheld until all the ...

The emergency message to SSA staff said the new policy applies ... fault” — the agency will begin cutting their benefit payment after about 90 days, it said. That does not apply to withholding ...

A policy under the Biden administration provided relief to beneficiaries, who often live on the fringe of poverty, capping clawbacks at 10%.

President Trump's first 100 days in office have brought sweeping changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Learn ...

Social Security beneficiaries will see their payments arrive a little later than normal this month due to a quirk in the safety net program's payment calendar. The Social Security Administration ...

In an April 25 "emergency message" to Social Security employees ... involve disabled workers who receive payments through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, whose recipients ...

Social Security payments are set to go out May 14 – a few days later than is typical. That's because Social Security payments for the month of May come later than any other month of the year.

Now, the SSA has retreated from the March policy change and is now considering a clawback rate of 50%, according to their message ... could not compute benefit payments due in certain situations ...

We obtained an “emergency message” sent to Social Security Administration staff informing ... at least a portion of monthly benefit payments from hundreds of thousands of people, according ...