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Kilolo Kijakazi sent the letter days after KFF Health News and Cox Media Group reported the agency has been demanding money back from more than twice as many people as she’d disclosed in October.

The bill is named for Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton, who has the disease, and Florida Rep. Gus Bilirakis' brother, who passed away in May after a long battle with it.

Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to meet monthly with Social Security officials until the problems surrounding overpayment demands are fixed.

Lawmakers are urging the federal Bureau of Prisons to address prisoner health care after an NPR investigation detailed the stories of prisoners nationwide going without needed medical care.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.