What DOGE Can Do For Social Security
The post What DOGE Can Do For Social Security appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Social Security Administration sends millions of “clawback letters” each year. getty If the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can stop our Social Security system from sending checks to dead people, that would be a plus. Yet a far more important task is to stop the system from overpaying people who are very much alive. Last year the Social Security Administration admitted it had identified 2 million beneficiaries who have been overpaid and sent them “clawback” letters, demanding the government’s money back. Some of these claims go back several decades, and they can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. As revealed in a recent episode of 60 Minutes, in one case the agency sent a clawback letter to a 32-year-old man, living on Social Security and disabled by cerebral palsy. The agency claimed that 21 years earlier, when he was 11 years old, his mother was overpaid $4,902 on his behalf—and the government wants its money back! In another case the agency demanded more than $300,000 from a disabled woman living on her Social Security benefits. In a third case, the agency demanded to be reimbursed for an overpayment that was 45 years old. In all these cases, the agency admits that these mistakes were made by the government, not by the beneficiaries. Further, if its demands are not met, Social Security threatens to stop sending the beneficiaries as much as half of their monthly benefit checks. Why Should Taxpayers Care? Aside from the human tragedies clawback letters create for the people who receive them, there are three practical reasons why taxpayers should care. First, our government has wasted millions of dollars by sending out checks for the wrong amounts—money that in most cases will never be recovered. Second, when the government demands its money back it is often…
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The Social Security Administration sends millions of “clawback letters” each year. getty If the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can stop our Social Security system from sending checks to dead people, that would be a plus. Yet a far more important task is to stop the system from overpaying people who are very much alive. Last year the Social Security Administration admitted it had identified 2 million beneficiaries who have been overpaid and sent them “clawback” letters, demanding the government’s money back. Some of these claims go back several decades, and they can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. As revealed in a recent episode of 60 Minutes, in one case the agency sent a clawback letter to a 32-year-old man, living on Social Security and disabled by cerebral palsy. The agency claimed that 21 years earlier, when he was 11 years old, his mother was overpaid $4,902 on his behalf—and the government wants its money back! In another case the agency demanded more than $300,000 from a disabled woman living on her Social Security benefits. In a third case, the agency demanded to be reimbursed for an overpayment that was 45 years old. In all these cases, the agency admits that these mistakes were made by the government, not by the beneficiaries. Further, if its demands are not met, Social Security threatens to stop sending the beneficiaries as much as half of their monthly benefit checks. Why Should Taxpayers Care? Aside from the human tragedies clawback letters create for the people who receive them, there are three practical reasons why taxpayers should care. First, our government has wasted millions of dollars by sending out checks for the wrong amounts—money that in most cases will never be recovered. Second, when the government demands its money back it is often…
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