Yes Virginia, dead people are receiving Social Security. We have for years heard about the dead still receiving Social Security. Someday we will find out for sure if the real numbers are ever released. I found this from a questionable source. Factcheck.org.
Improper payments are a legitimate concern for the Social Security Administration. Internal audits found that some deceased individuals were still listed as living, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in Social Security benefits being wrongly disbursed in the past. However, the number of dead recipients still being sent benefits is likely in the thousands.
And this from AFP Factcheck.
July 2024 report from the SSA's inspector general, which found that the agency made $71.8 billion in improper payments.between the 2015 and 2022 fiscal years.