A former Social Security employee says people are being overpaid by $9 billion a year, and all Americans are paying the price. The employee added that the system for assessing overpayments is ...

Social Security beneficiaries who previously received excess payments could see their monthly checks cut in half as early as next week, after the agency's new recovery rules take effect on Thursday.

Starting March 27, those who receive overpayments from the Social Security Office will be subjected to a 100% withholding until it is repaid, up from the previous 10%.

I can tell you that there are multiple failsafes, theoretically, built into the system," Wayne County executive Warren Evans ...

Letters notifying recipients of the new overpayment policy may be arriving in mailboxes this week, as the agency said it would begin sending out the notifications on March 27.