Two big changes coming to Social Security you need to know about
In recent days, the Trump administration has announced two high-profile and controversial policy changes it says are meant to combat waste and fraud in Social Security. First, the agency said it would resume garnishing entire benefit checks from Americans who receive overpayments, undoing a reform that had capped clawbacks at a smaller amount. Social Security officials claim the change will help the government recover an additional $7 billion over 10 years. Later, the agency announced that enrollees would no longer be allowed to change their direct deposit information over the phone but would instead be required to use an online...