# Social Security sending out checks to millions of dead people? It’s not just false. It’s absurd

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/social-security-sending-out-checks-to-millions-of-dead-people-its-not-just-false-its-absurd/
- Published: 2025-02-21T10:00:02-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Brett Sayles via Pexels. POV article by James Surowiecki. Fast Company – February 20, 2025. Social Security has been considered among the most efficient, cleanest government programs in the country. For instance, a study by the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, published in July, found that from 2015-2022, the government had made $25 billion in Social Security overpayments—typically payments that went out after […] Click here to view original web page at www.fastcompany.com