Goodbye, Ghosts: 12.3 Million Cut from Benefits

DOGE: Social Security Officially Removes 12.3 Million Individuals Listed Age 120+ 111 Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading “Long live freedom, damn it” during the annuaSAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Hannah Knudsen26 May 20251,624 2:03 Social Security has removed from its rolls 12.3 million individuals listed as 120 years old or older, according to the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The discrepancies in the Social Security figures and the alarming ages of some of the individuals listed have garnered national attention over the last several months.

As a result, in March DOGE began to update the American people on the massive cleanup begun by Social Security. In a March 18 update, DOGE said Social Security had marked 3.2 million social security number holders aged 120 or older as deceased, warning that there was still more work to be done.

Over one month later, on April 24, DOGE provided another update, revealing that a stunning 11 million individuals listed as age 120+ were now marked as deceased. And in the most recent update, delivered last week, DOGE revealed that a total of 12.3 million individuals listed as 120+ years old were now officially marked as deceased in the system.

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