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Overpayment Outrage<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

KFF Health News \/ Cox Media Group Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Social Security Administration has been overpaying billions of dollars to people, many on disability \u2014 then demanding the money back, even if the government made the mistake, an investigation by KFF Health News<\/strong> and Cox Media Group<\/strong> revealed. The reporting has triggered a congressional hearing, additional Senate oversight of the agency, an apology from the head of the SSA to Congress, and an ongoing internal policy review. In early 2024, the head of Social Security announced sweeping policy changes to address concerns about overpayments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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September 15, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

Beneficiaries in five states described what happened when they received letters calling on them to return overpayments that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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October 18, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received covid stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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December 6, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That\u2019s twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a congressional hearing in October.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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April 28, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Social Security Administration will now withhold 50% of many recipients\u2019 monthly benefits to claw back alleged overpayments \u2014 down from the 100% it announced in March, but way up from the 10% cap imposed under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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March 11, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Last year, the government stopped cutting off people\u2019s monthly Social Security benefits to claw back overpayments. Last week, under President Donald Trump, it reversed that change.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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November 18, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O\u2019Malley\u2019s efforts to address the agency\u2019s overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Commissioner Martin O\u2019Malley testifies to two Senate panels that his agency will stop the \u201cinjustices\u201d of suspending people\u2019s monthly benefits to recover alleged overpayments. The burden will be on the Social Security Administration to prove the beneficiary was to blame.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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March 13, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

New Social Security Commissioner Martin O\u2019Malley is promising to change how the agency reclaims billions of dollars it wrongly pays to beneficiaries, saying the existing process is \u201ccruel-hearted and mindless.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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December 20, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi sent the letter days after KFF Health News and Cox Media Group reported that the agency has been demanding money back from more than twice as many people as she\u2019d disclosed in October testimony.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to meet monthly with Social Security officials until the problems surrounding overpayment demands are fixed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In the wake of a KFF Health News-Cox Media Group investigation, U.S. lawmakers are asking what Social Security will do about its demands on their constituents to repay money already distributed \u2014 and sometimes in error. Sen. Rick Scott called the agency\u2019s actions \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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November 17, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Social Security has been overpaying recipients for years, then demanding the money back, leaving people with bills for up to tens of thousands of dollars or more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBiden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on \u2018Heartbreaking\u2019 Clawbacks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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At a Senate confirmation hearing, former Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley said he would address hardships the Social Security agency has caused by demanding money back from beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Covid relief payments weren\u2019t supposed to cost people their Social Security benefits, but some recipients say they did. Senators want to know why.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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October 18, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi was pressed by a House Ways and Means subcommittee to explain why so many poor, disabled, or retired people are suddenly hit with demands that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Lawmakers are faulting the Social Security Administration for issuing billions of dollars of payments that beneficiaries weren\u2019t entitled to receive \u2014 and then demanding the money back \u2014 in the wake of an investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Do you have an experience with Social Security overpayments you\u2019d like to share?

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Justina Worrell\u2019s aunt and caregiver Addie Arnold, who took her in when she was orphaned as a child, said neither of them has $60,175.90 to repay the government. (WHIO-TV, Dayton<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hundreds of thousands of families are facing unexpected bills from government (WSB-TV, Atlanta<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Local families told they owe thousands they don\u2019t have after Social Security overpayments (WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Social Security Administration clawing back $21 billion in overpayments (KIRO-TV, Seattle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hundreds of thousands of people face overpayment claims from Social Security (WFTV, Orlando<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018We have to get this right!\u2019 Lawmakers demand action in Congressional hearing over SSA overpayments (WSB-TV, Atlanta<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I-TEAM: Senators demand answers from Social Security for clawbacks tied to Covid relief (WHIO-TV, Dayton<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lawmakers demand answers from SSA after Channel 2\/KFF Health News investigation (WSB-TV, Atlanta<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Social Security reviewing overpayment policies, procedures following Action News Jax investigation (WJAX-TV, Jacksonville<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I-TEAM: Some say they\u2019ve lost Social Security benefits because of stimulus checks (WHIO-TV, Dayton<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Social Security clawbacks hit a million more people than agency chief told Congress (WFTV, Orlando<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Social Security chief says about 1M face overpayments each year – internal records show it\u2019s double (WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I-TEAM: \u2018It\u2019s hell;\u2019 Social Security clawbacks driving some into homelessness (WHIO-TV, Dayton<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018It\u2019s Hell:\u2019 Georgia woman living in car after losing her Social Security disability payments (WJAX-TV, Jacksonville<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Hilzenrath
Fred Clasen-Kelly
Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group
Samantha Manning, Cox Media Group
Justin Gray, WSB-TV, Atlanta
John Bedell, WHIO-TV, Dayton
Shannon Butler, WFTV-TV, Orlando
Amy Hudak, WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh
Jesse Jones, KIRO-TV, Seattle
Ted Daniel, WFXT-TV, Boston
Madison Carter, WSOC-TV, Charlotte
Ben Becker, WJAX-TV, Jacksonville
Alyssa Raymond, WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh

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John Hillkirk
Kelly Johnson
Sabriya Rice
Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Harkleroad
Alessandra Bergamin
Lynne Shallcross
Oona Tempest
Lydia Zuraw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leah Dunn, WSB-TV, Atlanta
Christine Swartz, WFXT-TV, Boston
Laura Beggs, WSOC-TV, Charlotte
Shawn Lanier, WHIO-TV, Dayton
Maria Tomasch, WJAX-TV, Jacksonville
Christopher Heath, WFTV-TV, Orlando
Cyndy McGrath, WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh
Anna Rodzinski, KIRO-TV, Seattle
Josh Wade, Cox Media Group
Jon Sonnheim, Cox Media Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terry Byrne
Gabe Brison-Trezise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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