{"id":26980,"date":"2015-10-26T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lawmakers-slam-social-securitys-treatment-of-same-sex-couples\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T18:20:26","slug":"lawmakers-slam-social-securitys-treatment-of-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/lawmakers-slam-social-securitys-treatment-of-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Slam Social Security&#039;s Treatment Of Same-Sex Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lawmakers Slam Social Security&#039;s Treatment Of Same-Sex Couples<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight U.S. senators and 83 U.S. Representatives on Monday sent a letter to the Social Security Administration grilling the agency&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/files\/documents\/2015-10-26_Letter_to_SSA_and_DOJ_re_same-sex%20marriage_and_SSI.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">over its treatment of married same-sex couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The group, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep.&nbsp;Mark Takano (D-Calif.), specifically takes issue with the SSA giving legally married <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> incorrect payouts after the U.S. Supreme Court<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/scottie-thomaston\/analysis-supreme-court-in_b_3506136.html\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;struck down a section of the Defense of Marriage Act<\/a>&nbsp;in 2013, then fining them.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While the agency worked to update its policies following the court&#8217;s decision, the SSA continued to treat people in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages as single individuals, resulting in higher benefit payouts. Now, the SSA wants those <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> to pay it back.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>For some time after the Supreme Court&#8217;s Windsor decision, SSA continued to issue benefits to Supplemental Security Income recipients in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages as though these individuals were single.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter highlights the experiences of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glad.org\/uploads\/docs\/cases\/held-v-colvin\/opinion-district-court-8-3-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Held and Kelley Richardson-Wright<\/a>, who are both in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages in California. More than a year after the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision,&nbsp;they each received letters from the SSA informing them they&#8217;d received about $6,200 and $4,100 more, respectively, than they were entitled to, and would have to reimburse the agency for the overpayment. (After Held and Richardson-Wright took the matter to court, the SSA opted to waive their penalty.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are concerned to hear that, for some time after the Supreme Court&#8217;s Windsor decision, SSA continued to issue benefits to Supplemental Security Income recipients in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages as though these individuals were single, and that for some SSI recipients, SSA is still doing so,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/files\/documents\/2015-10-26_Letter_to_SSA_and_DOJ_re_same-sex%20marriage_and_SSI.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">the letter reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SSA should not penalize people who are poor, elderly or disabled because SSA continued issuing benefits to these married individuals as though they were single,&#8221; it continues.&nbsp;&#8220;According to SSA&#8217;s statute and regulations, SSA shall avoid penalizing an individual for overpayment if the individual is without fault and if recovery of the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The letter asks the SSA to provide a count of how many individuals in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriages it has charged with overpayment, and what the agency has done to update its own systems &#8220;so that SSA can correctly take marital status into account and administer benefits fairly to all individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<em><strong>Also on HuffPost:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 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