Each year, about a million people are told they owe the Social Security Administration money because the agency miscalculated their benefits and paid them too much.
Each month, about 71 million Americans - retirees, disabled workers and others – receive checks from Social Security. But each year, about a million people get something else in the mail – a bill. They're told they owe the government money, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, because the Social Security Administration miscalculated their benefits and paid them too much. It can happen to anyone. It can take years, even decades for these unexpected debts to suddenly come to light.
' Anderson Cooper: How much did he say they had overpaid you?Jean Rodriguez: $72,000.Anderson Cooper: That doesn't sound like a small problem.Jean Rodriguez: No. It wasn't. We were both devastated. Anderson Cooper: What did they tell you happened?Jean Rodriguez: Somewhere along the line they made a combination of four other people in addition to my numbers.
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