{"id":1805,"date":"2023-09-29T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2023-09-29T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:24:34","slug":"social-security-overpayments-draw-scrutiny-and-outrage-from-members-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=1805","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several members of Congress are calling on the Social Security Administration to answer for issuing billions of dollars of payments it says beneficiaries weren\u2019t entitled to receive \u2014 and then demanding the money back.<\/p>\n

Many of the recipients are elderly, poor, or disabled and have already spent the money. They have little or no way of repaying it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government\u2019s got to fix this,\u201d said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who chairs a Senate panel that oversees Social Security.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a management problem, and people there should be held accountable,\u201d Brown added.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Carey of Ohio, the No. 2 Republican on a House panel that oversees Social Security, called for a congressional hearing on the subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to have a hearing,\u201d he said. \u201cThe general sense from members is \u2026 we do have a problem, we\u2019ve got to address it, we\u2019ve got to fix it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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