A RETIRED man took to social media to share his experience with the Social Security Administration.
The Facebook commenter shared complaints in response to an SSA post.
Going by the name Alan Waseta, they wrote a long diatribe about how they were overcharged.
They said that after receiving an undue payment from Social Security, they made the refund.
But after agreeing to refund, they received another letter demanding the overpayment.
It is unclear whether this second letter was a new overpayment or a repeated charge of the same overpayment.
Social Security sometimes pays people too much money by accident.
When the Administration discovers that someone has been overpaid, it tries to charge people to recover their losses.
The Social Security Administration did not respond to comment.
THE COMMENT
Alan began his post by saying that the SSA “Needs to Correct [their] mistakes.”
He said that after receiving the overpayment, his account was “frozen.”
This happened despite him allegedly agreeing to a refund.
“I had made an agreement to repay the overpayment,” he said.
He then said SSA again charged him $5,000.
Although it is unclear why this charge was made, Alan stated that it was “unjustified”.
After asking for a response on Facebook, the agency did not respond.
It is unclear whether the agency reached out privately to resolve the complaint.
MORE SOCIAL SECURITY NEWS
Another Facebook user recently shared her story of being charged with an SSA overpayment.
After paying more than $4,000, she discovered she owed another $2,400.
“The Social Security Office needs to be cleaned and renovated with people who can do math correctly,” she said in a post.
A Tennessee resident was recently shocked by a $24,000 bill from the SSA.
The government said he was overpaid but said he had “no intention of paying anything back.”
It is unclear what happened to this dispute, as the government demanded 10% payment immediately.
Many others discovered they were overpaid without realizing it.
Some found out after years of overpayments.
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