US Recovers $31 Million in Social Security Payments

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US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people
Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper Social Security payments to dead people.
Dead Americans received millions in Social Security benefits
Related: The pros and cons of Social Security bridge payments Turning to other business headlines, $31 million. That’s how much money the government has recalled so far from Social Security payments erroneously sent to dead people.
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In a significant move to curb financial discrepancies, the U.S. Treasury has reclaimed $31 million from Social Security payments erroneously made to deceased individuals.
US retrieves $31 million in improper Social Security payments to dead people
The Treasury Department recovered more than $31 million in Social Security payments made to dead people due to a five-month pilot program approved by Congress. The pilot program has given the Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of a 2021 appropriations bill.
US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people
The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.” The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave the Department of Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration ’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of the omnibus appropriations bill in 2021.
$31 million in social security benefits paid to the dead
TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings you the biggest news of the day, including what investors are watching and why dead Americans received $31 million from the Social Security Administration.
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