The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that after three weeks of a major cleanup initiative, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has marked approximately 7 million number holders aged 120 and older as deceased. The update was shared on X on March 24.
According to DOGE, two weeks ago, the SSA marked approximately 3.2 million number holders aged 120 and older as deceased. After three weeks, the overall change is -7,091,796, reflecting an increase of 3,830,739 from the previous week.
DOGE's recent post on X indicates that the number of individuals listed as alive in the 120-129 age range on March 8 was 3,467,066. By March 24, this number had decreased to 1,671,715, resulting in a net change of -1,795,351. For those aged 130-139, the count on March 8 was 3,929,750, which dropped to 1,480,061 by March 24, reflecting a net change of -2,449,689. In the 140-149 age range, the living count on March 8 was 3,548,746 and fell to 1,108,994 by March 24. This resulted in a net change of -2,439,752. Finally for people aged between150-159 on March 8 was recorded at 1 ,357 ,967 which decreased downwards towards march ending day reaching only upto950 ,963 resulting again another decrease or loss amounting up till407 ,004 . These changes suggest that many records for individuals listed at ages far beyond normal lifespans were corrected.
Social Security major cleanup
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