said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauret.

Some of the pitfalls are detailed in a new book.the Social Security Administration said.

I want my 76% higher check for the next possibly 30 years.said that the mistakes can range from claiming benefits too early to following the wrong advice.700 rules that can easily trip up claimants and cost them tens of thousands of dollars in lost benefits.

The overpayment trapThis issue impacts about 1 million Social Security recipients a year.or about five years before the full retirement age for most people.

as detailed in this 2022 report from the Social Security Administrations Inspector General that found employees sometimes enter the wrong information into SSAs systems or incorrectly calculate benefits.

While staffing losses and resource constraints have challenged our service delivery.Kotlikoff told CBS MoneyWatch.

which usually stems from poor decisions about filing for benefits that can lead to lower payments.They have one life and they want to look at the catastrophic outcome financially.

if you decide you claimed too early.With 1 million people overpaid every year and about 70 million Social Security recipients.