Social Security clawbacks hit a million more people than agency chief told Congress
The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year.
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The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year.
The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing.
More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That’s twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a congressional hearing in October.
At issue is the scope of a problem that has terrified many Social Security beneficiaries and plunged them into financial distress.
Social Security Administration Kilolo Kijakazi omitted numbers from Supplemental Security Income program for seniors with little or no income who are blind or otherwise disabled.