Social Security Should Improve Its Collection of Overpayments to Supplemental Security Income Recipients
HRD-79-21
Published: Jan 16, 1979. Publicly Released: Jan 26, 1979.
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Recovery or waiver by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of overpayments to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients continues to be a problem. Additional improvements are needed if SSA is to achieve uniformity and objectivity in resolving overpayments and reduce an unresolved backlog of over 1.2 million overpayments.
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Claims adjudicatorsCollection proceduresFederal social security programsIncome maintenance programsOverpayment collection waiversOverpaymentsProgram abusesRefunds to governmentSocial security benefitsSupplemental security income