12: Jay Sah

Fact-Checking Musk’s Oval Office Remarks Appearing alongside President Trump, Elon Musk made remarks that included broad accusations and misleading claims. .......... Last year, a report from the Social Security Administration’s inspector general’s office found that the agency had issued $71.8 billion in improper payments from fiscal years 2015 to 2022. That figure represents about 0.84 percent of $8.6 trillion in benefits paid over that time. A November 2021 report estimated that the agency had made $298 million in payments after death to about 24,000 beneficiaries, and urged the agency to improve the timeliness and accuracy of its death data. ......... The inspector general’s office also reported in 2023 that there were some 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier with Social Security numbers but no death information in the electronic file the agency uses to identify each person. About 44,000 of those people were receiving Social Security Benefits. The Census Bureau estimated that there were about 86,000 people in the United States older than 100.