A new report says the Social Security Administration failed to properly record the deaths of 1.2 million Americans on a list that is distributed to federal agencies and private companies, making it likely that their families or others wrongly received benefits after they died. Read full article >>
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Lisa Rein, Washington Post
Thu, 07/12/2012 - 3:00am
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