The SSA has lowered its estate recovery threshold from $5,000 to $3,000, enabling collection of smaller amounts in certain ...

To that end, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is going after overpayments more aggressively. In March, it announced ...

Social Security beneficiaries who were mistakenly overpaid will now have 50% of their monthly check withheld until all the ...

Social Security overpayments can happen in a few ways ... But if you got a job and didn't notify the administration about it, you may receive an overpayment. Another way overpayments could ...

As of May 6, 2025, the SSA limits Social Security overpayment clawbacks to 50% of monthly benefits. Here's what you need to ...

Clawbacks from monthly benefit checks after the discovery of overpayments have just been reduced to 50% from 100%, after having been boosted to 100% from 10% earlier this year.

The Social Security Administration is retreating from a recent policy change on the agency recovering overpayments that sparked concerns it could cause financial hardship for tens of thousands of ...

A recent shift in how the Social Security Administration handles benefit overpayments may offer partial relief — but it still ...

It's important to note that beneficiaries already repaying an overpayment from before March 27 won't be affected by the new rate. If you receive a notice from the SSA, act quickly. Beneficiaries ...

WASHINGTON -- A month after making a drastic change to how overpayments on Social Security benefits are collected, the Social Security Administration has backtracked on the plan. In an ...

In 2024, the Biden administration reduced the Social Security overpayment recovery rate to the greater of $10 or 10% of your checks. For example, if you received $1,000 in extra Social Security ...