Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its ...

Recent claims of dead people collecting Social Security have caused public confusion. Here’s how Social Security’s death ...

W hen a spouse passes away, Social Security survivor benefits offer financial support to eligible family members. The primary ...

Amid widespread confusion and accusations from Elon Musk suggesting “millions of dead people” are receiving benefits, the ...

Below, we'll break down exactly what you need to do if you've been mistakenly marked as deceased in Social Security records ... the sensitive nature of the issue, you'll need to visit a local ...

As of Friday, the database is still named the “Death Master File” in Social Security’s internal systems, per records obtained by The Post, and referred to by the same name on the agency’s ...

What gets dropped, sometimes, are records ... Social Security's own rules," putting people into a bureaucratic maze, Lambert said. Employees' technology is more often on the fritz. "There's issues ...

The Death Data Clean Up Project seeks to update the records of people the agency has sufficient confidence are deceased. But this also requires access to Social Security numbers, dates of birth ...

told The Daily Beast that DOGE staffers have mistakenly moved the records of living people to the SSA's Death Master File, which holds information about individuals who had Social Security numbers ...

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 ...