Social Security's $20B overpayment problem: House committee to hold hearings

A House panel has scheduled a hearing next week to review the SSA's "overpayment" process, after it was revealed that the agency clawed back $4.7 billion in overpayments, while another $21.6 billion remains outstanding.

By David Hilzenrath & By Jodie Fleischer | October 12, 2023 at 09:27 AM

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A House of Representatives panel has scheduled a hearing for next week on how the Social Security Administration has been clawing back payments it mistakenly made to beneficiaries.

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