President Trump and Elon Musk claim Social Security pays millions of dead people. The reality: less than one percent of the ...

In fact, only about 89,000 people aged 99 or older received benefits from Social Security last year. Improper payments are a legitimate concern for the Social Security Administration. Internal ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has said it is dealing with a "record-breaking backlog" of cases that has caused ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Social Security Administration (SSA) is wrestling with a “record-breaking backlog” of cases that has led to roughly $1.1 billion in improper payments, according to a new ...

Between fiscal years 2015 through 2022, SSA estimates it made nearly $72 billion in improper payments. Beginning March 27, the Social Security Administration will begin withholding 100% of ...

A 2024 audit of the Social Security program found $72 billion in improper payments to Americans between 2015 and 2022. That sounds like a lot of money, until you consider that Social Security ...

Wrongful inclusion in the Social Security death master file can have devastating consequences. Learn what this database is, ...

Social Security tends to be the subject of rumors. You might read on the internet that the program is going bankrupt, or that ...

The liberal justices dissented as the high court lets the cost-cutting team scour massive databases on Americans.

An estimated $400 billion of COVID-aid was improperly allocated to falsified or stolen Social Security numbers, according to ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...