• Some Americans said that they are being asked to pay money back on their Social Security benefits or have had that income suspended over claims of overpayment because of COVID-19 stimulus checks.
• Several reports have indicated that some Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients have seen their benefits suspended or have been assessed overpayments due to stimulus checks worth up to $3,200 per individual or $6,400 per married couple.
• But these payments, made between April 2020 and July 2021, were not supposed to count against Social Security benefits.

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