If you owe the government money due to previous overpayments on your Social Security checks, expect to see much smaller ...

Millions of retirees rely on the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to ensure their income keeps up ...

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks ...

Current reports wage garnishment may affect millions as student loan collections restart. Borrowers can consolidate or ...

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Some Social Security recipients could experience a payment garnishment as an agency clawback policy on previous overpayments doled out to seniors goes into effect ...

The second Wednesday of July is almost here which means that Social Security benefit payments for the month will soon begin to roll out from the Social Security Administration (SSA). For some of these ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has officially confirmed that wage garnishment for some recipients will resume later this month. Starting July 24, 2025, the SSA will begi ...

That has led Social Security beneficiaries who have had their payments garnished to increase 3,000% over the same period, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Amount That Could Be Garnished: This Is How Social Security Can Act Against You By law, you have the right to keep a minimum equivalent to 30 times the federal minimum wage per week, which ensures ...