Social Security cracking down 100 per cent on overpayments to beneficiaries: What it means for you?

The Social Security Administration (SSA) will begin recouping 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries starting March 27, the agency said in a notice Friday. That's a reversal of a March 2024 change to withhold only 10% of a recipient's benefits in event of an overpayment to reduce "financial hardship on people with overpayments," the agency said at the time.