Every year, the agency tries to claw back billions in overpaid benefits — including from children who are unaware their parents collected money on their behalf.
Lloyd Howell, the new executive director of the N.F.L. Players Association, pushed to have the benefits of hundreds of former players preserved pending new tests.
Millions of Social Security beneficiaries, from retirees to disabled workers, will receive the cost-of-living adjustment, which is far less than last year’s but still a healthy bump.