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Senators Lament Continued Social Security Payments to the Deceased
Several senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are calling on SSA to do more to curb improper payments to the deceased and to better share information with other agencies so they can do the same. GAO reported recently that agencies remain at risk of making these improper payments because they lack adequate access to the SSA’s Death Master File, the national ledger. Read more…
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