Student Loan Offset Problems

<br /><br />     The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a 90 page report on the offsets applied to Social Security benefits due to unpaid student loans. Even though the GAO seems to me to try to downplay the problem, it's still clear that it's real and serious. Many people are being thrown into poverty by the offsets as shown by the chart below, even though many of the student loans went to

Student Loan Offset Problems

     The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a 90 page report on the offsets applied to Social Security benefits due to unpaid...

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GAO Report On Household With More Than One SSI Recipient

<br />     From a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO):<br /><br /><br />In May 2013, an estimated 15 percent of the 7.2 million households with blind, <br />aged, and disabled individuals receiving <br />Supplemental Security Income (SSI) <br />cash benefits included more than one SSI recipient, according to GAO’s data <br />analysis. Of the estimated 1.1 million households with multiple SSI recipients, <br />most

GAO Report On Household With More Than One SSI Recipient

     From a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO): In May 2013, an estimated 15 percent of the 7.2 million households ...

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