Social Security Audit Finds $72B Fraud
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A 2024 audit found $72 billion in improper payments to Americans between 2015 and 2022 .
Social Security paid out $8.6 trillion in benefits in those years .
Some improper payments were underpayments, and most overpayments were recovered.
The goal is to cut Social Security's workforce to 50,000 , which is already reduced from 57,000 .
Social Security has long been termed the “ third rail” of American politics: It is untouchable.
AARP pushed back hard on the announcement that Social Security patrons could no longer conduct crucial business by phone.
Scammers are taking advantage of the abrupt policy shift, and exploiting the attendant confusion, to create new fraud.
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