BusinessOctober 14, 1996

The Social Security Administration, Washington D.C., has pledged to speed repayments to the remainder of 700,000 Americans who have been shortchanged $850 million due to a computer programming error. The agency already has paid out more than $350 million to people identified in a 1994 review begun after The Associated Press reported that some 400,000 Social Security recipients were owed money...

The Social Security Administration, Washington D.C., has pledged to speed repayments to the remainder of 700,000 Americans who have been shortchanged $850 million due to a computer programming error.

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The agency already has paid out more than $350 million to people identified in a 1994 review begun after The Associated Press reported that some 400,000 Social Security recipients were owed money.

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