At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead

'Don’t know if I’m going to survive': Inside the 'unconditional chaos' at Social Security

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, just that they are dead.” So employees have to “resurrect” them — affirm that they’re living, so they can rece…

At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, just that they are dead.” So employees have to “resurrect” them — affirm that they’re living, so they can rece…

At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead

In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.

More Social Security recipients say being marked as dead by mistake

More Social Security recipients say being marked as dead by mistake As the Trump administration looks to root out Social Security fraud, more recipients say they're losing their benefits after being mistakenly marked as "dead." Darius Tahir, health technology correspondent for KFF Health News, recently covered this in a piece for CBS News. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available f…

At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead - The Current

The Social Security Administration is experiencing an uptick in dead people being "resurrected" due to a new initiative to purify its database, causing delays and disruptions to payments for beneficiaries. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

At Social Security, these the line between the living and dead is in constant flux

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, just that they are dead.” So employees have to “resurrect” them — affirm that they’re living, so they can rece…