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Senators highlight report on improper disability payments
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), on Sept. 16, highlighted the report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled, “Disability Insurance: Work Activity Indicates Certain Social Security Disability Insurance Payments Were Potentially Improper.” In the report, GAO identified 36,000 individuals who received $1.29 billion in potential disability overpayments at the same time they were earning wages posted to the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH). Read more.
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