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Well this is unfortunate. The SSA issued around $1.3 billion in potentially faulty disability payments to false claimants who were actually working at the time that they filed for disability. The GAO estimated that these improper payments were made to 36,000 people! Here is the original article:
Auditors: Social Security may have overpaid disability claims by $1.3 billion
Auditors: Social Security may have overpaid disability claims by $1.3 billion