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marybourg

(13,265 posts) Sat Jun 8, 2019, 08:12 PM Jun 2019

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Since my DH died, I’ve been having a terrible time getting S.S. to bump up my payments as a widow. It’s been going on for months, and I’ve enlisted the help of my congressperson’s office. This has gotten me some attention, finally, but strange letters with bizarre computations still arrive. Now they’re starting to play around with my Medicare deductions.

I’m just wondering if anyone else is, or has had, this problem.

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Social Security problem [View all] marybourg Jun 2019 OP

Fortunately I haven't. Good your congressperson's involved, elleng Jun 2019 #1

Not quite ready for that. marybourg Jun 2019 #2

A quick google search suggest to me there are LOTS of these, elleng Jun 2019 #3

Lots of lawyers? Or lots of people having problems? marybourg Jun 2019 #4

Lawyers, suggesting lots of people having problems. elleng Jun 2019 #5

Yeah, but from what I see, they do ss disability hearings, which is a whole different system. marybourg Jun 2019 #6

Is there SS office close by? question everything Jun 2019 #7

Yes, I was there months ago and they filed an marybourg Jun 2019 #9

Go again. Ask them to follow question everything Jun 2019 #10

Well, there already seem to be two groups marybourg Jun 2019 #12

If you get a letter from ss saying they overpaid you in a delisen Jun 2019 #8

I don't want them to exempt me from re-payment marybourg Jun 2019 #11

It should be pretty straightforward. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #13

Yes, it's supposed to be so straightforward that on their website marybourg Jun 2019 #14

I'm a bit puzzled that you don't seem to know exactly how much you should be getting. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #15

I know exactly how much I should be getting- marybourg Jun 2019 #16

I apologize for my poor reading skills. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #17

Thank you . Problem finally corrected. After nearly 4 months. marybourg Jun 2019 #19

Problem corrected. marybourg Jun 2019 #18

Hooray! Hooray! PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #20

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