The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to
a new audit.
The agency’s inspector general found errors in the government’s documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals
who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person
who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN
on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who
do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not keep paper applications supporting an individual’s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their
status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly recorded, based on the audit’s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative
payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated
or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries’ lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee,"
the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person’s SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to
a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered.
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals
who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who
do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their
status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries? lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person?s SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency’s inspector general found errors in the government’s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf
of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no
SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will
pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative
payees who do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their
selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did
not keep paper applications supporting an individual’s case to
receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system
if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit’s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in
the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring
representative payee information "may have resulted in applications
showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries’ lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing representative
payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides
outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to
serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we
should verify a person’s SSN (or employer identification number) in
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not
state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual
from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered.
The agency�s inspector general found errors in the government�s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf
of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no
SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will
pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative
payees who do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their
selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did
not keep paper applications supporting an individual�s case to
receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system
if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit�s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in
the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring
representative payee information "may have resulted in applications
showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries� lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing representative
payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides
outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to
serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we
should verify a person�s SSN (or employer identification number) in
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not
state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual
from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
In article <vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to >>> a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered. >>
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals
who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person >>> who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN >>> on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative >>> payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to
retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay >>> about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who >>> do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the >>> inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not >>> keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their
status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the
sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic
Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative
payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated >>> or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries?
lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative
payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries. >>> When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social >>> Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the >>> United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," >>> the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person?s >>> SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee >>> applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an >>> SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from
serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
BLAME TRUMP! You morons make me laugh.
On 2025-03-25 10:34, Skeeter wrote:
In article <vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to >>> a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered.
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals >>> who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person >>> who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN >>> on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative >>> payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to >>> retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay >>> about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who >>> do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the >>> inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not >>> keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their
status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the >>> sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic >>> Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative >>> payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated
or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries?
lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative >>> payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries.
When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social
Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the
United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," >>> the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person?s
SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee >>> applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an
SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from >>> serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
BLAME TRUMP! You morons make me laugh.
I didn't blame him...
...I just want to know what was done about it.
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency�s inspector general found errors in the government�s >> >> documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf
of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no
SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will
pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative
payees who do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their
selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did
not keep paper applications supporting an individual�s case to
receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system
if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit�s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in
the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring
representative payee information "may have resulted in applications
showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries� lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing representative
payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides
outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to
serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we
should verify a person�s SSN (or employer identification number) in >> >> our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not
state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual
from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency�s inspector general found errors in the government�s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf
of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative
payees who do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their
selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individual�s case to
receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system
if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the audit�s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in
the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring
representative payee information "may have resulted in applications
showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries� lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides
outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to
serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we
should verify a person�s SSN (or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not
state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual
from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
In article <vrvbku$ap8p$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 10:34, Skeeter wrote:
In article <vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on
behalf of another person who is incapable of managing the
benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there
was no SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA
will pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper application
supporting their selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million
in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency
did not keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case
to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its
system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
properly recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees
in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from
the government when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have resulted
in applications showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens
and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries? lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social
Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who
resides outside the United States without a Social Security
number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically,
the Act states we should verify a person?s SSN (or employer
identification number) in our investigation of the payee
applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant
must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
BLAME TRUMP! You morons make me laugh.
I didn't blame him...
...I just want to know what was done about it.
About what? No elegable person is going to lose anything.
But you are playing the system then look out.
On 2025-03-25, Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency�s inspector general found errors in the
government�s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is incapable
of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there
was no SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA
will pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper application
supporting their selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million
in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency
did not keep paper applications supporting an individual�s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update
its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
properly recorded, based on the audit�s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees
in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from
the government when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have resulted
in applications showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens
and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries� lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately
5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social
Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who
resides outside the United States without a Social Security
number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically,
the Act states we should verify a person�s SSN (or employer
identification number) in our investigation of the payee
applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant
must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
Normally SSN are not reused when someone dies.
I think we have like 60 years before we run out of new numbers.
However, the biggest issue IMHO is the NPD data breach of last year. Literally ALL SSN were comprimised along with other personal data.
The govt really needs to come up with a new system.
On 2025-03-25, Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agency�s inspector general found errors in the
government�s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is incapable
of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there
was no SSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA
will pay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper application
supporting their selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million
in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency
did not keep paper applications supporting an individual�s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update
its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
properly recorded, based on the audit�s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees
in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from
the government when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have resulted
in applications showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens
and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiaries� lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately
5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social
Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who
resides outside the United States without a Social Security
number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically,
the Act states we should verify a person�s SSN (or employer
identification number) in our investigation of the payee
applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant
must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
Normally SSN are not reused when someone dies.
I think we have like 60 years before we run out of new numbers.
However, the biggest issue IMHO is the NPD data breach of last year. Literally ALL SSN were comprimised along with other personal data.
The govt really needs to come up with a new system.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3 @usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the governmentâ??s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as
individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf
of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative
payees who do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their
selection," the inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s case to
receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system
if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in
the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were
undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and transferring
representative payee information "may have resulted in applications
showing as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7
million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides
outside the United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to
serve as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we
should verify a personâ??s SSN (or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does not
state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual
from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3
@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits
to individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there
was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate
SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector general
said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million
in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated
as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the
agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s case
to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its
system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through
the representative payee system. 17 percent of representative
payees in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they
were undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits
from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens
and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately
5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who
resides outside the United States without a Social Security
number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said.
"Specifically, the Act states we should verify a personâ??s SSN
(or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does
not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a
payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-securit
y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3
@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits
to individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were
discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there
was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not
followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate
SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector general
said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million
in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated
as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the
agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s case
to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not update its
system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through
the representative payee system. 17 percent of representative
payees in the sample did not have an SSN recorded because they
were undocumented noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits
from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens
and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately
5.7 million representative payees managing annual benefits for
approximately 8 million beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who
resides outside the United States without a Social Security
number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said.
"Specifically, the Act states we should verify a personâ??s SSN
(or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act does
not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve as a
payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-securit
y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
On 2025-03-25 10:34, Skeeter wrote:
In article <vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to >>>> a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered.
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals >>>> who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person >>>> who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN >>>> on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative >>>> payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to >>>> retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay >>>> about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who >>>> do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the >>>> inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not >>>> keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their
status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly
recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the >>>> sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the
government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic >>>> Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative >>>> payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated >>>> or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries?
lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative >>>> payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries. >>>> When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social >>>> Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the >>>> United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," >>>> the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person?s >>>> SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee >>>> applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an >>>> SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from >>>> serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
BLAME TRUMP! You morons make me laugh.
I didn't blame him...
...I just want to know what was done about it.
In article <vs14h3$1vk0v$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3
@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social Security
Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues
were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where
there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had
not followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate
SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1
million in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been
terminated as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the
agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not
update its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through
the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN
recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the
inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits
from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing
annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries.
When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act
(the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant
who resides outside the United States without a Social
Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said.
"Specifically, the Act states we should verify a personâ??s
SSN (or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act
does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve
as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-secu
rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424dc6ba5606d36c989738@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs14h3$1vk0v$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3
@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social Security
Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues
were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where
there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426
representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had
not followed its policy to retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate
SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1
million in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been
terminated as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the
agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not
update its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through
the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN
recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the
inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits
from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new
Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing
annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries.
When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act
(the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in
certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant
who resides outside the United States without a Social
Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," the agency said.
"Specifically, the Act states we should verify a personâ??s
SSN (or employer identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the Act
does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to serve
as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-secu
rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
If they fired the record keepers, then there's no records.
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN),
In article <vs1etj$2930f$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424dc6ba5606d36c989738@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs14h3$1vk0v$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3 @usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social
Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the
issues were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where
there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to
22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN,
and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper
application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we
estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1
million in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had
been terminated as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of
this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because
the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not
update its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that
were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens
through the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN
recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the
inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive
benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a
new Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing
annual benefits for approximately 8 million
beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act
(the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint,
in certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or
applicant who resides outside the United States without a
Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," the
agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should
verify a personâ??s SSN (or employer identification
number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the
Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to
serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-s
ecu rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
If they fired the record keepers, then there's no records.
Yes there are you moron. Just someone else keeping them.
Stop being stupid.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424df74a62463d56989759@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs1etj$2930f$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424dc6ba5606d36c989738@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs14h3$1vk0v$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3 @usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social
Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the
issues were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative payees,
otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or
disability payments on behalf of another person who is
incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where
there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to
22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN,
and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper
application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we
estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1
million in benefits since 2004 to individuals who had
been terminated as representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of
this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because
the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an individualâ??s
case to receive benefits on behalf of another and did not
update its system if their status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that
were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens
through the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an SSN
recorded because they were undocumented noncitizens, the
inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive
benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their minor
children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a
new Electronic Representative Payee System last year, and
transferring representative payee information "may have
resulted in applications showing as terminated or not
selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees managing
annual benefits for approximately 8 million
beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security Act
(the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint,
in certain circumstances, an undocumented alien, or
applicant who resides outside the United States without a
Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," the
agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should
verify a personâ??s SSN (or employer identification
number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the
Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN to
serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an
individual from serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-s
ecu rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a recordkeeping
failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
If they fired the record keepers, then there's no records.
Yes there are you moron. Just someone else keeping them.
Stop being stupid.
Skeeter-bot can't show where they hired any record keepers.
Nor does it make any sense to fire people doing the job and immediately replace them.
In article <vs2dj1$351vk$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424df74a62463d56989759@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs1etj$2930f$3@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424dc6ba5606d36c989738@usnews.blocknews.net:
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_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3 @usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social
Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the
issues were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative
payees, otherwise known as individuals who receive
retirement or disability payments on behalf of another
person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases
where there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to
22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN,
and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the
paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we
estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid
$853.1 million in benefits since 2004 to individuals
who had been terminated as representative payees by
the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of
this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because
the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an
individualâ??s case to receive benefits on behalf of
another and did not update its system if their status
was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs
that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens
through the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an
SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive
benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their
minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to
a new Electronic Representative Payee System last
year, and transferring representative payee
information "may have resulted in applications showing
as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees
managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million
beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security
Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to
appoint, in certain circumstances, an undocumented
alien, or applicant who resides outside the United
States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve
as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act
states we should verify a personâ??s SSN (or employer
identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the
Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN
to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing
an individual from serving as payee," the agency
added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-socia
l-s ecu rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a
recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
If they fired the record keepers, then there's no records.
Yes there are you moron. Just someone else keeping them.
Stop being stupid.
Skeeter-bot can't show where they hired any record keepers.
What are you even trying to say? I have you in meltdown
mode.
Nor does it make any sense to fire people doing the job and
immediately replace them.
Sure it does. If they were incompetent.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424ef171a86aa14a98979e@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs2dj1$351vk$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424df74a62463d56989759@usnews.blocknews.net:
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_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424dc6ba5606d36c989738@usnews.blocknews.net:
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_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424d8c5c44ec91c3989729@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrvs2g$p0d2$2@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in
news:MPG.424cc8a3a61f2bfd9896e3 @usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vrv466$3jei$3@dont-email.me>, bax02no
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote in
news:vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in
benefits to individuals who did not have a Social
Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the
issues were discovered.
The agencyâ??s inspector general found errors in the
governmentâ??s documentation for representative
payees, otherwise known as individuals who receive
retirement or disability payments on behalf of another
person who is incapable of managing the benefits
themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases
where there was
willSSN on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to
22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN,
and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the
paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we
estimate SSA
didpay about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to
representative payees who do not have an SSN or paper
application supporting their selection," the inspector
general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid
$853.1 million in benefits since 2004 to individuals
who had been terminated as representative payees by
the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of
this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because
the agency
properlynot keep paper applications supporting an
individualâ??s case to receive benefits on behalf of
another and did not update its system if their status
was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs
that were
therecorded, based on the auditâ??s sample of 100
beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens
through the representative payee system. 17 percent of
representative payees in the sample did not have an
SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive
benefits from
representativegovernment when acting as representatives for their
minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to
a new Electronic Representative Payee System last
year, and transferring representative payee
information "may have resulted in applications showing
as terminated or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to
noncitizens and persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many
beneficiariesâ?? lives," the SSA said. "We have
approximately 5.7 million representative payees
managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million
beneficiaries. When appointing
Act)."payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social Security
Act (the
in
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to
appoint, in certain circumstances, an undocumented
alien, or applicant who resides outside the United
States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve
as payee," the agency said. "Specifically, the Act
states we should verify a personâ??s SSN (or employer
identification number)
our investigation of the payee applicant. However, the
Act does not state that the applicant must have an SSN
to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing
an individual from serving as payee," the agency
added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-socia
l-s ecu rit y- benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
So the issue is not improper payments, it's a
recordkeeping failure.
Fire the record keepers.
They already have - and now nobody knows what's going on.
Yes they do. Your MSM lies.
If there's no record, how would they know?
Who said there was no record? Oh YOU did.
If they fired the record keepers, then there's no records.
Yes there are you moron. Just someone else keeping them.
Stop being stupid.
Skeeter-bot can't show where they hired any record keepers.
What are you even trying to say? I have you in meltdown
mode.
That's the limitation of the Skeeter-bot - can't parse plain English.
Nor does it make any sense to fire people doing the job and
immediately replace them.
Sure it does. If they were incompetent.
Nobody said the fired record keepers were incompetent.
In article <vs3pt4$gi14$7@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Nobody said the fired record keepers were incompetent.
and no one said otherwise.
Skeeter <none@none.com> wrote in news:MPG.424f1bac443de33b9897ac@usnews.blocknews.net:
In article <vs3pt4$gi14$7@dont-email.me>, bax02
_spamblock@baxcode.com says...
Nobody said the fired record keepers were incompetent.
and no one said otherwise.
Rank stupidity!
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to"Over the last decade" for an article published in February of 2017
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to
a new audit.
The agency’s inspector general found errors in the government’s documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals
who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person
who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN
on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper application."
In article <vrvbku$ap8p$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 10:34, Skeeter wrote:
In article <vrujev$3kg8d$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
says...
On 2025-03-25 01:43, Planet of the apes wrote:
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to
individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to >>>>> a new audit.
A story from February 22, 2017...
...so it was under the Obama administration that the issues were discovered.
The agency?s inspector general found errors in the government?s
documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals >>>>> who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person >>>>> who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN >>>>> on file.
Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative >>>>> payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to >>>>> retain the paper application."
"Furthermore, unless it takes corrective action, we estimate SSA will pay >>>>> about $182.5 million in benefits, annually, to representative payees who >>>>> do not have an SSN or paper application supporting their selection," the >>>>> inspector general said.
The inspector general also found the agency paid $853.1 million in
benefits since 2004 to individuals who had been terminated as
representative payees by the agency.
And did Trump's administration DO anything about any of this?
The inspector general said the errors occurred because the agency did not >>>>> keep paper applications supporting an individual?s case to receive
benefits on behalf of another and did not update its system if their >>>>> status was terminated.
Only six percent of representative payees had SSNs that were properly >>>>> recorded, based on the audit?s sample of 100 beneficiaries.
Government benefits are also going to illegal aliens through the
representative payee system. 17 percent of representative payees in the >>>>> sample did not have an SSN recorded because they were undocumented
noncitizens, the inspector general said.
Illegal aliens without SSNs are allowed to receive benefits from the >>>>> government when acting as representatives for their minor children.
In response to the audit, the SSA said it switched to a new Electronic >>>>> Representative Payee System last year, and transferring representative >>>>> payee information "may have resulted in applications showing as terminated
or not selected."
The government defended the issuance of benefits to noncitizens and
persons without an SSN.
"Representative payees play a significant role in many beneficiaries? >>>>> lives," the SSA said. "We have approximately 5.7 million representative >>>>> payees managing annual benefits for approximately 8 million beneficiaries.
When appointing representative payees, we adhere to guidance in the Social
Security Act (the Act)."
"Specific to this audit, the Act permits us to appoint, in certain
circumstances, an undocumented alien, or applicant who resides outside the
United States without a Social Security number (SSN) to serve as payee," >>>>> the agency said. "Specifically, the Act states we should verify a person?s
SSN (or employer identification number) in our investigation of the payee >>>>> applicant. However, the Act does not state that the applicant must have an
SSN to serve as a payee."
The "absence of an SSN is not a criterion preventing an individual from >>>>> serving as payee," the agency added.
Published under: Federal Bureaucracy , Social Security
https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-paid-1-billion-social-security-
benefits-individuals-without-ssn/
At least you have the integrity to list your source.
BLAME TRUMP! You morons make me laugh.
I didn't blame him...
...I just want to know what was done about it.
About what? No elegable person is going to lose anything.
But you are playing the system then look out.
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