Month: August 2011

Earlier this week, we talked about the all-too-frequent occurrence of the Social Security Administration erroneously marking a benefits recipient as dead when they are, in fact, very much alive. According to an investigation by the Social Security Office of the...

When a person receiving retirement, disability, or other benefits from the Social Security Administration passes away, the SSA enters his or her identifying information - name, birth date, death date, zip code, and Social Security number - into a list known as the...