India, July 1 -- Some Social Security beneficiaries will receive reduced monthly payments starting in July. The reason behind this is the implementation of new overpayment recovery policies by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

In April 2025, it was announced that SSA would withhold 50% of the benefit payments of those recipients who were overpaid. Earlier, the withholding rate was 10%, Newsweek reported.

The latest decision by the administration will affect nearly two million people in the country. All of them have received Social Security overpayments. Data from the efforts to reclaim overpayments in the financial year 2023 highlights.

A 50 per cent withholding rate will significantly affect those households which heavily rely...