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(149,824 posts) Sat Mar 8, 2025, 08:10 AM Mar 8

Social Security says it will restart clawing back 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries [View all]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: March 7, 2025 / 7:14 PM EST

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it is reinstating a plan to recover 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries, a policy the agency had abandoned last year after an outcry over cases in which the practice led some Americans to receive shock bills amounting to thousands of dollars.

In a statement, SSA said late Friday that it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security recipients to 100% of a person's monthly benefit, the same level that it had in place before last year's reform. The agency is required by law to claw back overpaid benefits. Because of public backlash over the 100% recovery policy, the agency last year had capped the withholding rate for someone who had been overpaid at 10% of the person's monthly benefit.

On Friday, the SSA said it will start claiming 100% of benefit checks to cover new cases of overpayments, while the withholding rate for people with overpayments before March 27 will remain at 10%, as will the rate for overpayments for Supplemental Security Income, a program for low-income seniors and disabled Americans. "People who are overpaid after March 27 will automatically be placed in full recovery at a rate of 100% of the Social Security payment," the agency said.

The 100% clawback policy had sparked an outcry after instances in which beneficiaries were hit with surprise bills that demanded repayment within 30 days. In some cases, the bills were for tens of thousands of dollars. If beneficiaries were unable to immediately pay the bill, the agency could dock their entire monthly Social Security payment, leaving some people financially destitute, as reported by "60 Minutes," KFF Health News and other media outlets,

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-overpayment-100-percent-trump/

While the populace was gawking at the musical chairs tariffs that the media was promoting, THIS was going on "in the background". None of the M$M sources that I keep in tabs had this featured on their main pages last evening and apparently this was purportedly in CBS's "business" (MoneyWatch) section... somewhere...

WHY would that be in "MoneyWatch" and NOT on the CBS News front page?

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Social Security says it will restart clawing back 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 8 OP

Sounds arbitrary. bucolic_frolic Mar 8 #1

I'm confused. If I get twice or three times my normal amount why would I spend it? underpants Mar 8 #2

When I went to do my taxes gab13by13 Mar 8 #3

When my mother passed 12 years ago SADAR Mar 8 #11

She's a lying MAGOT. Funeral homes are required to send the form to the SS Admin for the death of a person Bengus81 Mar 8 #27

You are correct....... Butterflylady Mar 8 #45

Mom died last day of the month. Strelnikov_ Mar 8 #50

Opposite Situation Here ProfessorGAC Yesterday #76

I think Rebl2 Mar 8 #30

Somebody has to inform Social Security JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 8 #47

Okay I thought this was a new thing specific to individuals underpants Mar 8 #12

A couple of years ago the SS person told me if my husband died Hope22 Mar 8 #40

Not what I'm reading,your payment would switch to his as long as your at your FRA--full retirement age. Bengus81 Mar 8 #44

Thanks. Hope22 Mar 8 #56

the head of the undertakers association went public and said a funeral home samnsara Mar 8 #41

That's bullshit... reACTIONary Mar 8 #57

I would bail on a "MAGAt tax preparer" Skittles Mar 8 #64

True..but say at the start of a new year when it was known everyone gets a raise they over pay a person by $30.00 Bengus81 Mar 8 #28

yup Skittles Mar 8 #66

FWIW, I can't log in to ssa.gov now: Dennis Donovan Mar 8 #4

I got the same page USAF Brat Mar 8 #6

I didn't get an email, but the "message" message would make it 10x as frustrating! n/t Dennis Donovan Mar 8 #7

Can confirm BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #8

Still unable to log in 9:10am n/t Dennis Donovan Mar 8 #13

UPDATE: I was finally able to log in and out of my ssa.gov acct. While in, checked and everything is normal n/t Dennis Donovan Mar 8 #14

You have to get in thru Login.gov. txwhitedove Mar 8 #22

That wasn't working to get to SSA BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #42

I don't object if it's for those that have other sources of monies in the +5k area as they can likely afford it. cstanleytech Mar 8 #5

"I don't object if it's for those that have other sources of monies in the +5k area as they can likely afford it." BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #10

And I'm sure tsf, elon, Stephen Miller and JD... rubbersole Mar 8 #17

I kinda doubt there are many if any that are getting +5k from other sources that actually suffer from that. cstanleytech Mar 8 #29

"I kinda doubt there are many if any that are getting +5k from other sources that actually suffer from that." BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #33

Recovery melm00se Mar 8 #9

I was curious and went into SS site yesterday Tree Lady Mar 8 #15

"I guess Biden passed a law to give more to those people." BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #23

Yes that is it, I knew about the law Tree Lady Mar 8 #35

I am from Philly BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #38

Yes its kind of fun Tree Lady Mar 8 #39

I managed to see about 2/3rd of SF on public transit BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #43

This is why Musk needed access to our bank account information. Lonestarblue Mar 8 #16

Generally social security is notified right away Deminpenn Mar 8 #18

When my mom died 10 years ago this year BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #24

When Rebl2 Mar 8 #26

This is true. When my mom passed, a week later her payment hit her account mdbl Mar 8 #36

I'd like to see some clawback on billionaire tax evasion. MLAA Mar 8 #19

This Incompetent and ideologically perverse bronxiteforever Mar 8 #20

Many overpayments occur when people don't report changes such as working more wishstar Mar 8 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Mar 8 #25

CBS has business that is being overseen by the FCC mdbl Mar 8 #31

Wrong network - it was ABC that settled! BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #51

Ooops, yes that was ABC mdbl Mar 8 #58

I *think* back in January there may have been some equivocation BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #59

The problem is that you need hundreds of thousand of man-hours to process and handle each notification. That's Martin68 Mar 8 #32

Yes, but once Musk gets AI involved intrepidity Mar 8 #49

This may be more difficult to implement without employees; like collecting federal tax from billionaires. twodogsbarking Mar 8 #34

Total BS from these MAGAs...that never changes. NotHardly Mar 8 #37

Very interesting. I posted earlier, in GD, that today I've received a large deposit, from s s., elleng Mar 8 #46

They re going to find some excuse to start denying people anyway. OldBaldy1701E Mar 8 #48

What about underpayment? bernieb Mar 8 #52

Several reports explain that ancianita Mar 9 #69

Most seniors voted for Trump BrianTheEVGuy Mar 8 #53

Wrong. They didn't. valleyrogue Saturday #72

Wrong. They did. NT BrianTheEVGuy Saturday #73

I thought most of the overpayments airplaneman Mar 8 #54

I expect quite a few were spouses of SS recipients BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #55

The example I saw on the local news was a couple airplaneman Mar 8 #67

In the case you mention BumRushDaShow Mar 9 #68

Yep. The cruelty is the point. CTyankee Mar 8 #60

Social Security tried to pull this on me back in 2019 Quanto Magnus Mar 8 #61

be prepared to fight again Skittles Mar 8 #65

These heartless bastards need to go red dog 1 Mar 8 #62

Reminds me of a Golden Girls epidode The Grand Illuminist Mar 8 #63

A tiny fraction of what the fired IRS employees would have clawed back from tax cheats Mysterian Mar 9 #70

I am a retired soc sec employee mysuzuki2 Mar 9 #71

Maybe try this. Rainman4u2C Sunday #74

Is this still happening? Akakoji Yesterday #75