Nov 15, 2025

Social Security Increases Minimum Repayment Of Overpayments From $10 A Month To $50

      Per an issuance in Social Security’s manual made on October 1 but just now posted online.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why am I not surprised. This comes from Great Gatsby and 300 million ballroom administration. 💃

Anonymous said...

This minimum payment requirement of $50 came just in time for the holidays…. UNBELiEVABLE!

Anonymous said...

There is going to be an angry public with the implementation of this new withholding policy from $10 to $50. This comes at a time where affordability is getting worse.

Anonymous said...

Another compassionate-yet-fair move from COSS Frank Bisignano. My office has been very impressed with Mr. Bisignano. Really has his eye on the ball.

Anonymous said...

SSA guards will be working overtime with irate claimants. Personally, I don’t blame them. Many will be a step closer to homelessness.

Anonymous said...

Do you work in a office?

Anonymous said...

$40 extra causes homelessness? Please my gym membership is three times that. People can afford to pay a little extra for overpayments they likely caused. Collecting $10 a month was a joke. I think minimum would be about $200/mo—I pay more per month in streaming services.

denniswasitis said...

gotta pay Mike Flynn his 50 Million....

Anonymous said...

Rest assured Commissioner Frankenstein doesn't care one bit about the people dependent on Social Security!

Anonymous said...

It looks like this change only affects partial withholding requests without an SSA-634 financial statement. As a result, claimants who can't afford the $50 minimum installment simply need to fill out and send in a financial statement.

In other words, more useless paperwork that nobody still working at SSA has time to process anymore.

Anonymous said...

I see parallels here with A Christmas Carol. Instead of the ghosts of Christmas’ past, present and future coming to haunt Scrooge’s choices that harm the poor, it will be the voters of midterms future.

Anonymous said...

Wow some antionetette esque vibes from this one. Yup-for “the poors” 40 bucks could be a big deal. FFS what a turd

Anonymous said...

My guess is this individual attended the Great Gatsby party and has no clue what’s happening on planet earth. Homelessness is spiking everywhere.

Anonymous said...

Is this a joke? You are comparing a gym membership and streaming services to putting food on the table? You need a reality check.

Anonymous said...

Enjoy your Gold Gym membership and streaming the Disney channels.

Anonymous said...

And exactly how is taking more money from poor people without due process compassionate?

Anonymous said...

Every dollar counts in this economy…

McDonald's is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide.

The struggle of the Golden Arches — long synonymous with cheap food for the masses — reflects a larger trend upending the consumer economy and making "affordability" a hot policy topic.
McDonald's executives say the higher costs of restaurant essentials, such as beef and salaries, have pushed food prices up and driven away lower-income customers who are already being squeezed by the rising cost of groceries, clothes, rent and child care.

John S. Whitelaw, Advocacy Director, CLASI said...

Cruelty is the point. It always is the point. Every day. Make it as difficult as possible. Punish.

Anonymous said...

We are running out of money. The Greatest Generstion's 4 trillion # nestegg they left u s will run out in 8 years. We write off millions in overpayments monthly as overpaid recipients die off. This a much needed changr to help us attain solvency, so we can continue to pay those attorneys fees and benefits.

Anonymous said...

I believe this only affects non-beneficiaries - a much smaller population.

Anonymous said...

Running out of money? We have more wealth and money than we or any other nation on earth has ever had! We’ve just chosen to live like we’re in a poor developing nation to spare the billionaire class from paying a fair share of taxes.

Anonymous said...

If you read the transmittal you'd see that it applies to those NOT receiving benefits but are repaying an overpayment. I don't see many of those at all. Too bad the headline doesn't make that clear.

Anonymous said...

Incorrect. Installments potentially apply to anyone who has an overpayment, whether they are getting benefits or not provided that they request them.

A person receiving benefits can request partial withholding from their monthly benefits, which is a form of installment payment. A person not getting benefits can also request monthly payments, another form of installment payment. The common factor is that the person is requesting to repay in installments.

The same rules related to determining the amount of installment amounts apply regardless of whether they are getting monthly payments or not.