When the Social Security notice came, with an overpayment bill of more than $26,000, Kristy Strong found she had nothing to give.
Kristy Strong, a 45-year-old disabled woman in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was shocked when her Supplemental Security Income benefits were stopped in January.Strong is one of millions who earn the monthly benefits as she has had a permanent disability since 2010. But when the Social Security notice came, along with an overpayment bill of more than $26,000, Strong found she had nothing to give.
'Relying on SSI as your only form of income and health insurance for years is like, it's like you're in a little life raft in a hurricane, and it's a raggedy little raft, it's full of holes, and you know your chances aren't great, but someone on a much bigger boat has thrown you a lifeline, and you're just praying nothing happens to the rope, because it's your only hope.'This is like I blinked, and the rope was gone. The bigger boat was gone.
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