Congress Blocks Dead People from Getting Social Security

Congress has passed a bill that would stop payments from going to deceased people, said a celebrating Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).

In a video posted on X, Kennedy explained that the Social Security Administration (SSA) “maintains a list of dead Americans” called the Death Master File. Kennedy added that the SSA had not shared “this information” with other branches in the government, and that after he was informed that the SSA would need Congress’s permission, he passed a bill called the Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act.

Since the Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act temporarily shared data, Kennedy went on to introduce a second bill, titled Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, that would “make this data sharing arrangement permanent.”

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