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“These people may not receive benefits, but it's important for agents to maintain accurate and complete records.”
Jointly with President Donald Trump address On March 6, he warned Congress about some of the issues already discovered in the SSA.
“The Government Accountability Office, the federal government's office, estimates more than $500 billion in fraud per year in our country, and we work very hard to stop it,” Trump said. “We are also identifying the potential for shocking levels of incompetence and fraud in social security programs aimed at seniors.”
He highlighted that millions are still listed as several holders, including over 1,000 people aged 220-229 and over, 240-249, and 360 people per person.
“We're over 100 years older than our country,” Trump said.
Doge Posted Last week, X was running a “massive cleanup” with SSA. At the time, the department said it had found 3.2 million people from over 120 years ago, but had not yet been marked as deceased.
“We still have to do it,” he said.
On Monday, Doge announced that it had provided another update on its progress, marking millions more individuals as deceased in the SSA database.
“For the past three weeks, @socialsecurity has been carrying out a massive cleanup of records. The approximately 7 million figure holders are all over the age of 120 and are now marked as deceased,” Doge said.
“A further 5 million cases,” he added.
Elon Musk It is listed In February, there were “a lot more “qualified” social security numbers” than actual US citizens.
“This may be the biggest scam in history,” he said.
It is unclear how many of the individuals listed are still being sent out Social Security benefits.
SSA released statement Last month I've been working on a “record of aging.”
“The data reported in the media represent people who do not have a date of death associated with the record. These people may not receive benefits, but it is important for the agency to maintain accurate and complete records,” the agency's statement read.
Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek said, “We are stuck with our commitment to eradicate fraud, waste and abuse in our program and to actively correct inconsistencies that have lost the date of death.”
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