Social Security chief apologizes to Congress for misleading testimony on overpayments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : She also said they were "under Social Security" and "for Social Security.
62% : "KFF Health News and Cox Media Group obtained a copy of the letter addressed to Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., chair of the Ways and Means' Subcommittee on Social Security, and a copy sent to a Democratic member of the committee.
55% : "Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny StudioAfter the hearing, KFF Health News and Cox Media Group sent the Social Security press office several emails over a period of weeks asking for clarification: Did the numbers Kijakazi gave at the hearing represent all programs administered by the Social Security Administration, or just a subset?SSA spokesperson Nicole Tiggemann did not give a direct answer.
55% : On Dec. 18, the Senate voted 50 to 11 to confirm former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley as commissioner of Social Security.
52% : The head of the Social Security Administration has sent a letter of apology to members of Congress about testimony in which she understated the extent of the agency's overpayments to beneficiaries.
48% : "The hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security focused on the agency's record of sending out billions of dollars of benefit payments that it later concludes it never should have paid -- and then, sometimes years later, demanding the recipients pay the money back.

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