The Social Security Administration will begin recouping 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries starting later this month, the agency said Friday. The agency is reversing a March 2024 move to withhold only 10% of a recipient’s benefits in the event of an overpayment in order to reduce “financial hardship on people with overpayments,

Starting on Thursday, March 27, the Social Security Administration will begin recouping 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it is reinstating a plan to recover 100% of overpayments to beneficiaries, a policy the agency abandoned last year after an outcry over cases in which the practice led some Americans to receive shock bills amounting to thousands of dollars.