The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced in April that it would begin notifying recipients who previously received overpayments. After issuing these notices, the agency allows a 90-day ...

Meanwhile, some others may have recently gotten a bump in their benefits. The Social Security Administration said in April it would begin sending notices to recipients who got overpayments in the ...

The Social Security Administration's Thousand Oaks, Calif. office on Monday, April 21, 2025.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by former President Joe Biden and enacted in January, had an impact. It ...

Social Security paid out nearly $72 billion in improper payments, mostly overpayments, from 2015 to 2011, USA Today reported. That figure accounted for less than 1% of the almost $8.6 trillion in ...

If Social Security overpaid you, how do you pay it back? Under its new policies, the SSA said it would begin issuing overpayment notices on April 25, 2025 and would start withholding 50% of the ...