Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p>Are <a href="https://aus.social/tags/millions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millions</span></a> aged 100 or above receiving <a href="https://aus.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a>?<br> <br>By Jake Horton and Shayan Sardarizadeh</p><p>Trump said millions of people aged 100 & above, and in some cases even over 200 or 300, are still on the Social Security database & receiving payments. </p><p>“Money is being paid to many of them and we’re searching right now,” Trump said.</p><p>Social Security provides a base income for people in the US who are either retired or can't work because of a disability. It covers about 67 million Americans.</p><p>BBC Verify has been unable to find specific evidence for Trump’s claim - although we don't have access to all the Social Security data.</p><p>Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said in a statement last month, external that people aged 100 or above without a date of death on their record “are not necessarily receiving benefits”.</p><p>The Social Security Administration in 2021 estimated some 24,000 people received payments from the agency after death, amounting to almost $300m.</p><p>There is a 2023 report by the Social Security inspector general which identified about 19 million people born in 1920 or earlier who didn't have any death data on file - 44,000 of whom were still receiving social security benefits.</p><p>There were an estimated 101,000 people over 100 years old in 2024 across the US, according to the Pew Research Center, external - most of whom you would expect to be receiving Social Security. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FakeFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeFacts</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dementia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdxqvxwnyr5t?post=asset%3Ae07b3dd6-a72f-4253-8240-8131eac57b36#post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/live/cdxqvxwnyr5t</span><span class="invisible">?post=asset%3Ae07b3dd6-a72f-4253-8240-8131eac57b36#post</span></a></p>