Tag: social security beneficiaries
The claims of widespread fraud don’t hold water. Elon Musk, on the “Joe Rogan Experience,” reiterated the claim that the Social Security numbers of 20 million dead people are being used to steal $100 billion in benefits each year. He keeps repeating this so-called example of fraud, waste, and abuse that he purportedly found at…
Understanding the Characteristics and Needs of Tribal Community Members for Social Security Delivery
This paper examines the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) ongoing efforts to strengthen its relationship with tribal communities across the U.S. We conducted a descriptive study of service delivery to tribal communities using information from a comprehensive literature review, an analysis of individual- and household-level data from the American Community Survey (ACS), SSA office location data,…
