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FactCheck.org on MSN · 16h

Trump, Musk Exaggerate Scale of Improper Social Security Payments to the Dead

President Donald Trump incorrectly interpreted data shared by Elon Musk when he misleadingly claimed on Feb. 18 that “millions and millions of people over 100 years old” may be receiving improper benefits from Social Security.

Newsweek on MSN · 16h

Elon Musk Issues Major Social Security Warning

Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social Security. Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.

Politifact · 1d

Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits

Ronald Gunia, a retired longtime director in the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General who worked on the 2015 and 2023 reports, said that incomplete data can increase chances for fraud, and that Musk was correct to highlight data problems that remain unresolved despite years of audits.

3don MSN

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

Elon Musk's easily disprovable misrepresentation of a table of numbers threatens to erode confidence in one of the most ...

3don MSN

Trump and Musk set their sights on Social Security by spreading rumors

Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the ...

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