Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
The federal agency that oversees Social Security announced Wednesday that it will review the way it handles "overpayments"—money that it sends beneficiaries but that it later determines they weren't entitled to receive.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) made the announcement weeks after KFF Health News and Cox Media Group reported that the agency has been trying to reclaim billions of dollars from beneficiaries, including many poor, retired, and disabled people who have spent the money and are unable to repay it.
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