It was right there, in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) PRESS RELEASE dated March 5. More than $7.5 billion in retroactive payments were sent out to 1,127,723 individuals as of March 4, it said.
The payments, the SSA said, are the result of the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The WEP and GPO provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security (a “non-covered pension”) because they did not pay Social Security taxes.
The average retroactive payment thus far is $6,710, the press release said.
Unless you were lucky enough to receive two checks, as one area reader did. She received two different checks totaling nearly $10,000. “This has to be an error,” said the recipient’s spouse. “Since the SS Administration has already issued [more] a million and a half of these checks, the amount by which people have been overpaid must be massive.”
But Elon Musk and his pet Doge are eliminating waste and inefficiency. He and Agent Orange have said so repeatedly. So, no, there can be no error. Trump has so proclaimed.
“President Trump made it very clear he wanted the Social Security Fairness Act to be implemented as quickly as possible,” said Lee Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. “We met that challenge head on and are proudly delivering for the American people.”
How many retro checks have you received?
All I can say at this point is I’m pretty sure he can’t lay any overpayments at Biden’s feet, much as he’d love to.
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Still waiting on mine. Lots of people reporting they got theirs on the NextDoor site and on Facebook at the Guardians of Social Security group.
Susan got hers (she didn’t think it was enough) but it came to my account but I stupidly suggested using it to buy dogfood/catfood/horsefeed….
I received a two-month payment, for Jan and Feb 2025, which would normally be received in Feb and March 2025. I don’t know if I will receive any pay for 2024; I’m just glad to be in the system going forward. I heard they are staging the backpay because the Jan – June 2024 payments (which would’ve been paid Feb – July 2024) fall into a prior fiscal year and require a special appropriation of funds. Several people I know have received a payment for the months of July thru December 2024 (which would have been August – January payments). Those payments fall into the current fiscal year. Maybe the rest will come later. Maybe not.