The Social Security Administration must tighten its systems to stop sending benefits to dead people, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, warned in a letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano, calling for an end to fraud that drains taxpayers.
“The time for the catch-me-if-you-can Social Security fraudsters must come to an end,” Ernst wrote Tuesday, the New York Post reported.
Ernst urged the agency to use every administrative tool available to prevent improper payments before they happen, not years later, after money is long gone.
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