Latest Social Security Death Records News

Feds probed Ariz. governor's role in son's Social Security
Court records said Ronald was receiving Social Security benefits when he was sent to the hospital in 1990. Federal law was changed in 1995, barring Social Security benefits to anyone institutionalized after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. …
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Social Security cuts info in online Death Master File used by banks, ID thieves
Perholtz has sent a letter to Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue asking that his agency "cease and desist" withholding any death records. He said the government also stopped reporting the ZIP codes of the last known residence of deceased …
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State made Medicaid payments for dead people
The so-called Death Master File, kept by the Social Security Administration, has 89 million records and it's not limited to Maryland, he pointed out. The federal data could be useful for other programs where there have been concerns about payments, …
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