Some Americans will see their Social Security checks drop by 50% after the Social Security Administration announced in April that it would start withholding payments from recipients who were overpaid ...

Withholding occurs when the SSA retains part of a monthly benefit payment until the overpayment debt is fully repaid.

In an April 25 "emergency message" to Social Security employees, the agency said it is reducing its overpayment clawback rate to 50% from 100%.

If Social Security overpaid you, how do you pay it back? Under its new policies, the SSA said it would begin issuing overpayment notices on April 25, 2025 and would start withholding 50% of the ...

The Social Security Administration, which overpays billions in benefits annually, is beginning to withhold some benefits sent ...

The first monthly batch of Social Security benefits are paid later this May than in any other month this year due to a quirk in the 2025 calendar and the SSA's payment schedule.

In April, the Social Security Administration placed roughly 6,300 migrants whose legal status had been revoked on its “death master file,” a vital data set that gets distributed to banks ...

The Social Security Administration, which overpays billions in benefits annually, is beginning to withhold some benefits sent ...

A second amendment came on April 14, when the SSA announced that anyone wishing to apply for Social Security or make account changes over the phone could do so.

To see this dynamic in action, let's assume your PIA is $2,000 (the average monthly benefit for retired workers as of April was $1,997.97), and your FRA is 67. Claiming right at 62 would get you a ...

President Donald Trump's administration has begun garnishing Social Security benefits for those who've been overpaid.

Social Security payments are used to an estimated 67 million people - federal data shows - 173,226 of them in New Jersey.