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More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That’s twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a hearing in October.
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At a Senate confirmation hearing, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said he would address hardships the Social Security agency has caused by demanding money back from beneficiaries.
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Joe Biden's pick for the post next goes to a floor vote, but not before committee Chair Bernie Sanders tried to tie it to reducing the cost of prescription drugs.
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COVID-19 relief payments weren’t supposed to cost people their Social Security benefits, but some recipients say they did. Senators want to know why.
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Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi was pressed by a House subcommittee to explain why so many poor, disabled or retired people are suddenly hit with demands that can reach tens of thousands of dollars.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services backed off from a plan that could have curtailed access to a type of surgery known as DIEP flap. Breast cancer patient advocates are relieved.
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A little-noticed provision of sweeping legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would make it easier to fly human organs from donor to recipient.
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Medical schools in states that have banned abortion can't teach abortion care. Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants to make funds available for students in those states to travel for the training.
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Democrats secured the compromise by making relatively modest concessions, including ordering the return of unspent COVID funds and limiting other health spending.
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Congress will be scrutinizing and debating the legislation, which includes provisions to fund medical care for veterans and claws back unspent COVID money.