of dead people, and there was never any reason to suspect that this was the case. What happened here was pretty simple: Elon Musk didn’t understand what the table he was looking at represented ...

Michael Vi / Getty Images Public confusion around death records, 100-year-old data, and a minuscule number of real fraud cases have sparked a viral myth that tens of millions of dead people are ...

As it is, benefit cuts may be on the table in about a decade's time if ... away billions of dollars a year sending benefits ...

There’s a rumor that millions of dead people are getting paid Social Security. While some improper payments have been made, it’s not true that the agency is routinely paying dead people.