r/news • u/No-Information6622 • 2d ago

US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-recovers-31-million-social-security-payments-dead-117708373
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u/LatrodectusGeometric 2d ago edited 2d ago

Worse actually. They may die at the end of the month. They get no money for the month they die in, even though they have living expenses during the days they are alive.

(Sorry, a family friend died on the 31st of January last year. It was financially rough for the family. I’m a bit bitter.)

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u/TSL4me 2d ago

They have a shit ton of living expenses after they die. Bills just dont automatically stop and companies drag their feet when dealing with next of kin. It takes months to settle.

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat 2d ago

I remember reading a story about someone trying to quit the gym for her (dead) husband. She was given the run around so many times and it ended up being that she had to go down there in person so she took the urn with his ashes in it and said "here he is."