Laurence Kotlikoff, the economist who's written about overpayments, is talking about a specific part of the Social Security Act that says the agency should not recover an overpayment if doing so would be "against equity and good conscience." The problem, he says, is that Social...
This Article examines some of the problems arising from the interaction between the criminal, civil and administrative responses to non-compliance with social security legislation, in particular, cases of overpayments of pensions and benefits obtained by fraud. It focuses on the relationship between ...
Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about Social Security. Learn about Social Security's taxes, benefits, financial status, reform options, and more. For example: • Taxable Maximum • Causes of Fiscal Problems • Old-Age Benefits • “Looting the Trust Fund” • Personal Ownersh...
"hundreds of disability beneficiaries came forward with troubling accounts, including how the government sent them overpayment notices without explanation and threatened to cut off their main source of income with little warning.
The Bottom Line Relying on Social Security to see you through retirement can put you on thin ice financially. It becomes even trickier when you’re getting less money than you budgeted to receive. Taking the time to clear upany outstanding debts, weighing the cost of taking benefits early...
Social security disclosures call decisions into question: the implications on underpayment and overpayment decisions since 1992, and the ramifications of the Court of Appeal success by the CPAGClarkeAndrewingentaconnectBenefits
Social Security Disability InsuranceWe use administrative data to provide evidence that notification of work‐related overpayment debt reduces subsequent work activity by Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries. We exploit randomness in the timing of the overpayment debt notification by comparing ...
Within the Social Security Administration, personnel use the term T16 when referring to SSI and T2 when referring to OASI and DI combined, said Romig, the former agency researcher. It's possible that some people who received overpayment notices through SSI also received notices through the other ...
Laurence Kotlikoff, the economist who's written about overpayments, is talking about a specific part of the Social Security Act that says the agency should not recover an overpayment if doing so would be "against equity and good conscience." The problem, he says,...