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About Social Security’s accuracy rate
It should be no surprise that in a benefit program as massive as Social Security, there are a certain amount of errors. Of course the program tries to keep those errors as few as possible because in addition to the responsibility to pay benefits to deserving Americans, there is also a responsibility to make sure than only those who are deserving receive benefits. Unfortunately, the Social Security Administration fell short of its goal of a 98% accuracy rate in 2017, but that added up to about $10 billion in unmerited payments. As this Government Executive article by Charles S. Clark explains, while the SSA is working hard to reduce errors, there is still much room for improvement. Click here to read more.