by Jane Richey | Sep 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Since January, the Social Security Administration (SSA) sent disability insurance (SSDI) checks worth $1.29 billion to an estimated 36,000 people who were still on the job and thus ineligible for benefits, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report...
by Jane Richey | Sep 13, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators said in a report Friday. The Government Accountability Office estimated that 36,000 workers...
by Jane Richey | Jul 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has paid at least 1,546 dead people $31 million, with some of the deceased receiving benefits for 20 years.According to a June 21 audit by the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration, 2,475 beneficiaries had a...
by Jane Richey | May 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The total number of people in the United States now receiving federal disability benefits hit a record 10,962,532 million in April, which exceeds the 10,815,197 people who live in the nation of Greece. According to newly released data from the Social Security...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The number of American workers collecting federal disability payments climbed to yet another record of 8,853,614 in March, up from 8,840,427 in February, according to newly released data from the Social Security Administration. That means there are more than 3 times...