A Social Security beneficiary collecting $2,000 a month who ignores an overpayment notice could now lose $1,000 of that check to automatic withholding. Under a policy change that took effect April 25, 2025, the default recovery rate for Title II overpayments jumped from 10 percent to 50 percent of monthly

Tens of millions of Americans who depend on Social Security retirement checks face a tighter deadline for congressional action. The Congressional Budget Office now projects the program’s main trust fund will run out of reserves in 2032, one year sooner than its previous estimate. If lawmakers fail to act before

If you are in your late 50s and counting the years until you can claim Social Security, two bills introduced in the House on April 16, 2026, deserve your attention. Neither one explicitly raises the full retirement age. But both use that age as a policy lever in ways that