This Woman Died, What Social Security Did To Her Family Is BEYOND Inexcusable!

One thing that you can always count on is the idea that an organization will be quick to take money from you but slow to replace it if they make a mistake.

For example, when my grandfather died many years ago for about two months for seemingly no reason my grandmother’s social security check just stopped but my grandfather’s kept coming. The people at the local social security office had apparently written down that the wrong person that died.

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It took a couple of months and the enlistment of a social security attorney on behalf of my grandmother to get them to realize the error of their ways.

There are so many things that you shouldn’t have to wait a long time for them to be settled but it seems that its usually the case.

Via The Blaze:

Days after the death of an 89-year-old Chicago woman named Dorothy Carlberg, the Social Security Administration promptly withdrew large payments from her bank account.

Tim Carlberg, the woman’s son, expected the government agency to withdraw one month of benefits, but what he didn’t expect was for the agency to withdraw $7,028 more than was owed, WBBM-TV reported.

Dorothy Carlberg died Aug. 21, but someone at the SSA entered the date as March 21.

Nearly four months after her death, Tim Carlberg is still battling the SSA to get the money back.

Days after Dorothy Carlberg’s death, her son noticed five electronic withdrawals from her bank account that occurred over a three-day period.

Tim Carlberg quickly contacted the agency to find out what had happened and that’s when an employee acknowledged that her date of death was recorded incorrectly.

 

16 thoughts on “This Woman Died, What Social Security Did To Her Family Is BEYOND Inexcusable!

  1. When there are two Social Security checks coming in and one person dies the spouse left behind then receives one check… that check is USUALLY the husbands! The reason for this is because the husband usually dies first (husbands are usually older and die younger) and they traditionally have earned more money, which makes their SS checks larger. Wives generally NEED the larger check and that’s the one they will receive. Unless you are a woman who has earned more than your husband, then DON’T argue when you receive your husbands check… that’s the way it’s supposed to be!

  2. Social Security as originally conceived (by the Hoover administration)
    was destroyed by one democrat administration after another. Check the congressional vote history.
    George

  3. Social security is paid in arrears, so they shouldnt be taking any money back when someone dies yet they take the last month’s check even if the person dies on the last day of the month(when that dead person had already spent it). That money was for the previous month(arrears). Its a crime of theft by the govt!

  4. Not sure you understand. When the date of death is wrong and they took more money than they should have this has nothing to do with the husband and wife’s checks. I get the grandmother getting grandpa’s check. I retired in 2012 and wanted to start August first. I was told they paid a month behind which is BS. They said I would be paid on the fourth Wednesday not the first of the month. Well my check started the fourth Wednesday of SEPTEMBER. This is BS. Then they want to know as soon as you die so they can stop payment. You pay all your life and then they try to screw you out of two months. Then there is medicare. You pay all your life and then when you are eligible you still have to pay more. Not only that I am retired military and don’t need medicare but am still paying. BS.

  5. When my mother died Social Security came in and removed two of her checks…She died on the 29 of the month. they took the whole check back…sue Congress on behalf of all seniors now..Cut their pay by half for starters and stop all perks…Come a term and leave…

  6. I wold imagine that if…IF one suspected that the Social Security administration was going to withdraw any amount from one’s account and if one had a substantial amount in that account, it would be practical to transfer the money to another account just in case…so no entity can withdraw the money unless they are authorized.

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