DOGE Says It Completed ‘Major Cleanup’ of Social Security Records

It said that around 12.3 million people aged 120 and older are ’marked as deceased.’
DOGE Says It Completed ‘Major Cleanup’ of Social Security Records
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a statement on Thursday that its staff have completed a “major cleanup” of Social Security records after it was discovered that more than 12 million people aged 120 or older were in the system.

“After 11 weeks, Social Security has finished this major cleanup initiative,” DOGE wrote in a post on social media platform X, adding that some 12.3 million individuals listed as being aged 120 or older “have now been marked as deceased.”
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