The payments, comprising less than 1% of total benefits paid, were mostly overpayments made from fiscal years 2015 through 2022. The SSA recently eased the rules around recovering overpayments to ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has said it is dealing with a "record-breaking backlog" of cases that has caused ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Social Security Administration (SSA) is wrestling with a “record-breaking backlog” of cases that has led to roughly $1.1 billion in improper payments, according to a new ...

WASHINGTON — In 2023, hundreds of billions were spent in improper payments by federal ... showed how billions of dollars in Social Security overpayments have impacted millions of Americans.

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Here's how In February 2024, improper Social Security payments hit $1.1 billion, with overpayments and underpayments spread across various Social Security programs, including retirement ...

Social Security and Medicare are important safety nets for millions of Americans. Trump and Harris are likely to continue ...

Some are grouped inside a larger category that the Social Security Administration (SSA) calls “improper payments,” which includes everything from innocent mistakes to willful fraud.