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(NewsNation) — The Social Security Administration is astir to get much assertive successful recovering overpayments made to recipients.
On Thursday, the bureau volition revert backmost to withholding 100% of monthly benefits from overpaid accounts until the implicit sum has been collected. Last year, the SSA, citing fiscal concerns for recipients, eased backmost connected overpayment collections by withholding lone 10% until the indebtedness was erased.
People whose Social Security benefits were garnisheed anterior to this week’s alteration volition beryllium grandfathered successful to the 10% complaint of collection, officials said.
SSA officials accidental they expect to cod $7 cardinal much implicit the adjacent decennary nether the reversal.
“We person the important work to beryllium bully stewards of the spot funds for the American people,” Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of Social Security, said successful an online station earlier this month. “It is our work to revise the overpayment repayment argumentation backmost to afloat withholding, arsenic it was during the Obama medication and archetypal Trump administration, to decently safeguard payer funds.”
Recipients tin inquire for a little betterment complaint connected their benefits oregon situation the uncovering of overpayment by contacting Social Security astatine 800-772-1213 oregon going to their section office.
The withholding complaint for Supplemental Security Income overpayments volition stay 10%, officials said.
The alteration comes arsenic the Social Security Administration is being targeted for a “significant” level of occupation cuts arsenic portion of a broader downsizing of government.
Critics allege the SSA strategy is rife with fraud. The bureau has announced plans requiring immoderate recipients to look in-person astatine a tract bureau to verify their identity.
