Elon Musk Issues Update on Social Security: 'Increasingly Optimistic'
Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues ...
'Vampires' in Social Security data? Here's what to know after Elon Musk claims SSA fraud
Elon Musk falsely claimed there were tens of millions of people aged 100-159 still receiving Social Security benefits.
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Elon Musk Issues Major Social Security Warning
Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social ...
Factchecking Elon Musk’s Claim That Millions of Dead People Receive Social Security Checks
It is true that improper payments have been made—including some to dead people—but the claims thrown out by Elon Musk and ...
Elon Musk is hunting for Social Security fraud. It's not very common.
The Trump administration claimed the Social Security Administration gives payments to dead people. SSA audits revealed it ...
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Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits
Ronald Gunia, a retired longtime director in the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General who worked on the 2015 and 2023 reports, said that incomplete data can increase chances for ...
No, Elon Musk hasn’t ‘discovered’ fraud at Social Security
Government computer systems are full of legacy quirks, and upgrading and updating them is a huge and often-fraught endeavor.
Elon Musk shines spotlight on ‘a lot of vampires collecting Social Security’: ‘Twilight is real’
In a post on X, Musk shared a screenshot of a data sheet showing people from age 0 to 369 years old collecting Social ...
Social Security chief quits over Elon Musk-led hunt for data
Concerns are growing about sweeping cuts and potential privacy invasion by the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
How a mid-level staffer rose to oversee the Social Security Administration within days
Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on ...