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Each year, about two million people are told they owe the Social Security Administration money because the agency ...
In fact, only about 89,000 people aged 99 or older received benefits from Social Security last year. Improper payments are a legitimate concern for the Social Security Administration.
Social Security tends to be the subject of rumors. You might read on the internet that the program is going bankrupt, or that ...
Between fiscal years 2015 through 2022, SSA estimates it made nearly $72 billion in improper payments. Beginning March 27, the Social Security Administration will begin withholding 100% of ...
The nation’s key program for retiree benefits continues to see financing shortfalls. Unless Congress acts, those drops could ...
A 2024 audit of the Social Security program found $72 billion in improper payments to Americans between 2015 and 2022. That sounds like a lot of money, until you consider that Social ...
The liberal justices dissented as the high court lets the cost-cutting team scour massive databases on Americans.
Newly-sworn in Social Security commissioner Frank Bisignano spelled out the agency's plans to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, and protect the agency from a looming threat of insolvency that some ...
Judge Robert King said the “government has sought to accord the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) immediate and ...
If you’ve received an overpayment letter from SSA, you may be able to avoid repayment if it wasn’t your fault and you show ...