1935
The Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits, renamed the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance (BOAI) in 1937, was created in December 1935 and was the forerunner of today's Social Security Administration.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) spends more money than it
collects when trying to recover payments to individuals who received
benefits for which they were not eligible.
According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the SSA issued $128.3 million in "low-dollar" overpayments between 2008 and 2013, and then spent $323 million to collect them. The agency ultimately recovered only $109.4 million.
"This resulted in SSA spending over $213.6 million more than it collected," the OIG said, in an audit released Wednesday.
The OIG defines an overpayment as "benefit payments greater than the amount to which individuals are entitled."
The overpayments were distributed through the SSA's Retirement and Survivors Insurance (RSI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs.
The SSA issued approximately $16.8 billion in disability insurance overpayments alone in the past decade.
"Generally, SSA attempted to collect overpayments regardless of the amount," the OIG said. "In some cases, the value of the overpayment was less than what SSA spent to collect the overpayment. Therefore, for some overpayments, collection was not always cost-beneficial."
A "low-dollar" overpayment is less than or equal to the agency's average cost to retrieve an overpayment.
According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the SSA issued $128.3 million in "low-dollar" overpayments between 2008 and 2013, and then spent $323 million to collect them. The agency ultimately recovered only $109.4 million.
"This resulted in SSA spending over $213.6 million more than it collected," the OIG said, in an audit released Wednesday.
The OIG defines an overpayment as "benefit payments greater than the amount to which individuals are entitled."
The overpayments were distributed through the SSA's Retirement and Survivors Insurance (RSI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs.
The SSA issued approximately $16.8 billion in disability insurance overpayments alone in the past decade.
"Generally, SSA attempted to collect overpayments regardless of the amount," the OIG said. "In some cases, the value of the overpayment was less than what SSA spent to collect the overpayment. Therefore, for some overpayments, collection was not always cost-beneficial."
A "low-dollar" overpayment is less than or equal to the agency's average cost to retrieve an overpayment.
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