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Social Security Administration announces new measures to deal with overpayments

The Social Security Administration limits clawbacks to 10% of your benefit check instead of 100%. (iStock) The Social Security Administration (SSA) is limiting the cancellation of benefit overpayments to 10% of benefit checks instead of 100%, following criticism for strict repayment plans that have left some beneficiaries in poverty. Social Security Secretary Martin O’Malley stated […]

Social Security clawed back overpayments tied to COVID-19 stimulus – lawmakers want answers

Some Americans are being asked to repay Social Security benefits due to pandemic stimulus payments. (iStock) Some Americans say their COVID-19 relief checks have forced them to return Social Security benefits or had their income stopped due to overpayment claims. Several report Some Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients have had their benefits […]

States could be made to recover $11B in food stamp overpayments

The proposed bill would force states to recover billions of dollars from waste and fraud in federal food stamp programs that were ignored during the coronavirus pandemic. Overpayments paid to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (also known as the Food Stamp Program) recipients totaled a staggering $11 billion, according to 2022 federal data. , an […]

Republicans divided over tackling Medicare Advantage overpayments

Some Senate Republicans struggling to come up with big savings to cut the deficit say insurance companies are raking in billions of dollars in extra profits from overdiagnosing older patients. In light of the report, we are taking a closer look at reforming Medicare Advantage. But the idea of ​​cracking down on Medicare Advantage overpayments […]