A year ago, the Social Security Administration under Martin O'Malley shifted to mitigate financial hardships on beneficiaries by capping recoupment at 10% of benefits. However, this policy was overturned by the Trump administration, which reinstated full withholding of benefits for overpayments. The agency justifies this move as a necessary step towards fiscal responsibility, claiming it would save approximately $7 billion over a decade. Critics argue the reversal will result in severe hardships for vulnerable recipients who rely on those benefits for basic living expenses.
Advocates for Social Security beneficiaries described the action as cruel and harmful. The results are predictable: more unnecessary suffering.
Instead, it would default to withholding 10% of monthly benefits, allowing people to pay their rent and keep food on the table.
It is our duty to revise the overpayment repayment policy back to full withholding, as it was during the Obama administration.
Those who are most vulnerable, with the fewest resources, are the ones who will feel the harsh impacts of this change.
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