The head of the Social Security Administration has sent a letter of apology to members of Congress about testimony in which she understated the extent of the agency's overpayments to beneficiaries.
"I want to apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding during the October hearing," acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi wrote in a letter dated Dec. 11.
Kijakazi sent the letter days after KFF Health News and Cox Media Group reported that the agency has been demanding money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many as Kijakazi disclosed to a House panel at an Oct. 18 hearing.
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