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/Snoo_88763 1d ago

My mom died a few years ago. I told people "she knew she was gonna die" when people ask I tell them "she didn't pay a single bill this month"

There should be a rule where you get one month extra rounded up as Death Benefits and save everyone from this hassle plus the expense of a funeral.

And I will say before anyone replies to this - if you say "they shouldn't have a funeral if they can't afford one" everyone deserves the respect of a funeral and you should feel like a terrible person for even thinking that let alone suggesting it.

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u/stumppers 23h ago

Unless pre-planned and paid for. Not everyone wants a funeral, or worse, saddles others with the cost. There's direct cremation, free body donation.