The Social Security Administration (SSA) in an update said that it has made headway in determining data accuracy for individuals marked as eligible to receive payments but are likely deceased.
In an April 29 statement, the agency said it “has made significant progress in improving the accuracy of death data, addressing a longstanding oversight concern,” adding that it has improved on “established procedures to identify people who have a higher likelihood of being deceased due to their age or incomplete death reports.”
“Updating the records of individuals who are implausibly old to be living is an important anti-fraud measure,” the SSA said, adding that so far, “no instances have arisen to date where an implausibly old individual whose record SSA updated actually contacted the agency for reinstatement.”…