NEW ORLEANS — The Social Security Administration announced a plan to take 100% of a beneficiary's monthly check to claw back ...

In a controversial move, the Social Security Administration has reversed a policy aimed at protecting beneficiaries from ...

That means if a Social Security recipient gets overpaid by the SSA, 100% of their monthly benefit will be withheld until the overpayment is returned. Essentially, recipients will not get another check ...

Social Security overpays its recipients by billions of dollars every year — and then asks for the money back. Here are some ...

Analysts now expect the 2026 COLA to be 2.2%, down from 2.5% in 2025, according to forecasts from the Senior Citizens League and from independent Social Security and Medicare analyst Mary Johnson.

The agency began mailing notices about the new 100% withholding rate at the end of March. People who received overpayments before March 27 will remain under the old 10% rule; after March 27, a ...

Musk continues to assert that the federal government doesn't merely include inefficiencies, waste and even fraud - all of which is beyond dispute - but that the sums involved are enormous and ...

Beginning March 27, to recover new overpayments, the Social Security Administration will automatically withhold 100% of ...

The Social Security Administration is tightening its rules on Social Security overpayment. Beneficiaries could see 100% ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to 100 percent of a person’s monthly benefit. The Office ...

The Trump administration says withholding 100% of monthly checks for those hit with overpayments will save taxpayers $7 ...