The SSA has lowered its estate recovery threshold from $5,000 to $3,000, enabling collection of smaller amounts in certain ...

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

Social Security overpayments can happen in a few ways ... But if you got a job and didn't notify the administration about it, you may receive an overpayment. Another way overpayments could ...

Social Security overpayments often follow changes in income, marital status or disability status.

The Social Security Administration is retreating from a recent policy change on the agency recovering overpayments that sparked concerns it could cause financial hardship for tens of thousands of ...

A recent shift in how the Social Security Administration handles benefit overpayments may offer partial relief — but it still ...

WASHINGTON -- A month after making a drastic change to how overpayments on Social Security benefits are collected, the Social Security Administration has backtracked on the plan. In an ...

The Social Security Administration revised — again — its policy for clawing back overpayments in benefits, this time saying it would deduct 50% of benefit checks until an overpayment is ...

In 2024, the Biden administration reduced the Social Security overpayment recovery rate to the greater of $10 or 10% of your checks. For example, if you received $1,000 in extra Social Security ...

Biden lowered the withholding to 10% in response to media reports and congressional criticism about Social Security beneficiaries having to repay tens of thousands of dollars in overpayments from ...

The Social Security Administration is retreating from a recent policy change on the agency recovering overpayments that sparked concerns it could cause financial hardship for tens of thousands of ...