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Debt Collection and Social Security– A Primer
Vance Cariaga explains Social Security retirement benefits and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits can at times be garnished to pay certain government debts, including back taxes or federal student loans, and debts for child or spousal support. But, SSI (Supplemental Security Insurance) benefits are protected from garnishment — even to pay a government debt or child or spousal support. SSI are a form of ‘welfare.” Cariaga explains people can get more than one kind of benefit. Read all about it here.
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