Social security overpayments have some in Washington scrambling to pay back thousands

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  • Source: KIRO 7 News
  • 09/20/2023

Last week we told you about the Social Security Administration overpaying recipients a total of $21 billion nationally.

Now the government wants its money back and families across the country are saying they canโ€™t come up with the cash. KIRO 7โ€ฒs Jesse Jones investigated how this issue is impacting the most vulnerable families.

When Lori Cochran received the alarming letter from the Social Security Administration notifying her she owed $27k, she was in shock.

โ€œWhen I was reading it for the first time, I was having heart palpitations because I was like oh my gosh, $27,000? Theyโ€™re going to expect me to pay that back?โ€

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