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Death Cannot Halt Social Security Checks
Social Security continues issuing monthly benefit payments to deceased recipients, with estimates of up to 60 million dollars in improper payments to about 10,000 dead beneficiaries. Investigators found 8518 cases of payments to people listed as dead on Medicare records, highlighting potential errors by staff and possible misuse by relatives with joint accounts. Officials aim to recoup funds and will routinely match death records with Social Security rolls. criminal and civil penalties may follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reagan Administration
Congress
Social Security
John A. Syahn
Medicare
Richard Kusserow
Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Wilson
Inspector General
Wilson
Svahn