The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced an update regarding its death records, indicating there were mistakes but that the agency numbers were mostly accurate.
About 3 million deaths are reported to the agency each year, and the “records are highly accurate,” SSA said in a March 16 statement. “Of these millions of death reports received each year, less than one-third of 1 percent are erroneously reported deaths that need to be corrected.”
The SSA announcement comes amid speculation that millions of deceased individuals over the age of 100 may be receiving Social Security benefits. In February, President Donald Trump, Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt raised questions about whether improper payments were being made….