There are over 6.5 million “people” with Social Security numbers over the age of 112, according to an audit by the Social Security Administration’s inspector general.
Findings by the Gerontology Research Group hold that there have been only 35 people known to reach the age of 112 in the world.
The audit report found that death dates had not been entered for these individuals into their electronic file, called Numident. The study found that the SSA was not properly equipped to “annotate death information on the Numident records of numberholders who exceeded maximum reasonable life expectancies and were likely deceased.”
The report says, ”We obtained Numident data that identified approximately 6.5 million numberholders born before June 16, 1901 who did not have a date of death on their record.”
A relatively small number of Social Security numbers were used in attempt to apply for work.
“During Calendar Years 2008 through 2011, SSA received 4,024 E-Verify inquiries using the SSNs of 3,873 numberholders born before June 16, 1901,” the report says. “These inquiries indicate individuals’ attempts to use the SSNs to apply for work.”
1. "did you read the article?" In response to Reply # 0
it says less than 4000 of those social security numbers were used. Probably just a bunch of incomplete paperwork. Maybe this is the first time they have audited SSN's since things went automated. But now 6.5 million people are not gaming the system.
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3. "I think articles like this take advantage of the lack of" In response to Reply # 0
reading comprehension in its readers while taking advantage of popular opinions on entitlement issues such as the problems with social security.
The article encourages readers to come to the wrong conclusions.
Nothing in the article states that millions of people are gaming the system. All it says is that the SSA's failure to put in death dates have left them with an extra six million people viewed as alive.
The article also fails to mention whether or not money was paid to these six million individuals after they died and for how long if at all.
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