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[LeftInTX]

14. SS is so understaffed that it is pathetic

My son was on SSDI, then he started working. He told SS that he was working and told them to stop his checks. My son had been through several work trials previously and had accumulated his trial months. They didn't stop his checks, so after 2 months he calls them. They told him that they were so short staffed that they couldn't stop his checks because everything had to be processed. They told him to put the money aside as overpaid benefits. He started working in October 2015 and it took them almost a year to send him the letter informing that he was no longer disabled effective October 2015.

But my son is just one case. He had been there, done that before with overpayments and knew to put them aside. There are cases where recipients are surprised that they owe SS $50,000 and they haven't put the money aside. Those debts, for the most part will be forgiven. So, our treasury is being short changed because they SS is short staffed.