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SOCIAL SECURITY OVERPAYMENTS

News articles have reported recently that more than 2 million retirees and individuals with disabilities receive letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA) each year that they must pay back thousands, often tens of thousands, of dollars. Many times, the overpayment they have received is no fault of their own – it was a mistake by the SSA.

The NRLN has proposed to Congressional leaders legislation that would prevent, or at least limit, the financial harm to retirees due to SSA’s overpayment.

If you have had to pay money back to SSA due to overpayment, your responses to the following questions will provide the NRLN with data to support our proposals to prevent retirees from being punished for Social Security’s mistakes. Thank you for participating in this survey.

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* 1. What is your age?

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* 2. What state do you reside in?

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* 3. Marital Status?

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* 4. Is your Social Security the result of:

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* 5. How many years had you been receiving Social Security when you were notified that you owed money back to Social Security?

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* 6. What was total amount of requested payback?
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* 7. How much time was allowed for you to pay back

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* 8. Was your monthly Social Security check stopped as part of the payback?

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* 9. Were you able to get $ amount reduced?

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* 10. Did to get assistance to deal with the Social Security Administration?

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* 11. If Yes, who provided assistance (i.e. Attorney, Member of Congress, Others)

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* 12. If you know, what was reason for $ amount requested

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* 13. Please provide comments about the experience you had in dealing with Social Security Administration and the impact the payback had, or is having on your life.

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