Posted on 12/28/2013 6:02:42 AM PST by Libloather
Federal auditors said Friday the Social Security Administration still struggles with a basic problem — figuring out who is dead and who is not.
The question is a crucial one, since federal agencies rely on the administration to cross-match data on deceased persons and avoid paying out federally funded benefits to people who aren’t alive, or to establish accurate benefits for survivors.
The administration also maintains a “Death Master File” that is available to the public.
“SSA’s methods for processing death reports may result in inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information for users of its death data,” the Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress, said in the new report. “Consequently, this could lead to improper payments if benefit-paying agencies rely on this data.”
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I thought it was the IRS that was going to monitor Ocare
You're honest. Just imagine all those who aren't.
Sometimes I feel dead. Would that disqualify me from SS?
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