Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Government Glitches have paid more than $700 million to the Dead since 2008

The US government has a problem with dead people. For one thing, it pays them way too much money. 
In the past few years, Social Security paid $133 million to beneficiaries who were deceased. The federal employee retirement system paid more than $400 million to retirees who had passed away. And an aid program spent $3.9 million in federal money to pay heating and air-conditioning bills for more than 11,000 of the dead. 
These mistakes are part of a surprising glitch at the heart of the federal bureaucracy. Because of a jury-rigged and outdated system meant to track deaths, the government has trouble determining exactly which Americans are deceased.
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...The task of tracking deaths for the federal bureaucracy is an enormous one; about 2.5 million Americans die each year. Federal officials say the vast majority of these cases are handled correctly: The death is recorded. Government money is no longer sent to that person. 
But not always. In fact, glitches in the system have paid more than $700 million to the dead, according to government audits performed since 2008...
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1 comment:

BOSMAN said...

"In the past few years, Social Security paid $133 million to beneficiaries who were deceased. The federal employee retirement system paid more than $400 million to retirees who had passed away. And an aid program spent $3.9 million in federal money to pay heating and air-conditioning bills for more than 11,000 of the dead...... glitches in the system have paid more than $700 million to the dead, according to government audits performed since 2008..."

Hey...if dead folks took the time out of their busy schedules to vote..How can they be denied their benefits?