'Wasn't my fault,' cries Social Security user hit with $7,065 overpayment that had $3,000 interest – but she had proof | 0822E2G | 2024-04-26 17:08:02
A SOCIAL Security user had to go back and forth with the administration for years over an overpayment notice.
The 2018 notice informed the user she owed thousands of dollars, and she was later hit with another notice that she owed interest.
The Social Security user shared the details of her experience in a Facebook post from January.
She explained how she got approved for Social Security in 2018, but at the end of that year, she received a notice that she had been overpaid $4,000.
She appealed the overpayment "since it wasn't my fault" and proceeded to use the money to pay off her bills and purchase a new AC unit.
"Then there was a lot of back and forth," she wrote.
The administration claimed that it had not received her appeal, which she disputed.
The Facebook user noted that the pandemic hit, and then years later in 2023, she received a letter stating that she owed $7,065, which included over $3,000 in interest.
The woman went to the administration with proof for her case but was asked to fill out a new appeal, which she refused.
Instead, she had a lawyer friend send the administration a "polite letter" with copies of the original appeal, which had five dated stamps.
"Today the mail came and I got violently ill because I just don't expect good news from social security," wrote the woman.
However, in an unexpected positive turn, the administration approved the user's appeal and dropped her overpayments.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "2024 WILL BE MY YEAR! It was great news! They APPROVED my appeal!!!!!! I will not have to pay it back," she shared.
OVERWHELMING OVERPAYMENTS
Other Social Security users have not been so lucky, forced to pay thousands of dollars in overpayment.
One such user was hit with a $5,208 overpayment notice and resorted to making a GoFundMe because he could not afford the charges.
"The system penalizes hard work and now I'm facing a $5,208 charge I can't afford," the man wrote in a Facebook post.
In his GoFundMe description, the user accused the administration of failing to help its recipients.
"We all know Social Security doesn't let people work and get back on their feet," he said.
</div> </div> He explained how he had been working overtime but still did not have enough to pay back the overpayment.
"After bills, I'm lucky to save $100 let alone have enough to pay this ridiculous amount."
Many other Social Security users have received notices of high overpayment bills.
One user was asked to return $100,000 in "overpaid" payments over 10 years – they never got a notice but face repaying.
Social Security takes $233 from another user's monthly benefits – over an error on her brother's account.
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