The Department of Government Efficiency announced Monday evening that it had purged roughly 7 million Social Security number-holders listed as at least 120 years old.
Earlier this month, the DOGE revealed that the Social Security Administration's database had listed 1.3 million people as alive who were 150 to 159 years old, over 3.5 million 140 to 149, nearly 4 million 130 to 139, and almost 3.5 million 120 to 129.
During President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on March 6, he warned about some of the issues already discovered at the SSA.
“The Government Accountability Office, a federal government office, has estimated annual fraud of over $500 billion in our nation, and we are working very hard to stop it,” Trump stated. “We’re also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors.”
He highlighted that there are millions still listed as number-holders, including over a thousand people 220 to 229 years old, one person 240 to 249, and one 360.
“More than 100 years older than our country,” Trump remarked.
