（NewsNation）——社会安全管理局（SSA）表示，自特朗普政府上任以来，该局已“纠正”了近15%的有效社会安全号码，这是持续努力的一部分，旨在提高其数据库的准确性和完整性。该机构周二表示，已为此前没有死亡日期的记录添加了1700万个死亡日期，并更新了约2500万条此前缺失公民身份信息的记录中的公民身份信息。
(NewsNation) — The Social Security Administration says it has "corrected" nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers since the start of the Trump administration as part of an ongoing effort to improve the accuracy and integrity of its database. The agency said Tuesday it has added 17 million death dates to records that previously had none and updated citizenship information in roughly 25 million records where it was missing.
“这是SSA首次开展如此大规模的工作，我为我们所做的工作感到自豪，这些工作加强了整个政府和经济所依赖的身份数据基础，”SSA局长弗兰克·比西尼亚诺在一份声明中说。SSA表示，仍在纠正另外850万条存在“公民身份状态不准确”的记录。该机构称，还实施了“更强的内部控制”，以防止未来的数据录入错误。SSA表示，这是该机构91年历史上最全面的数据库清理，凸显了全政府“保护身份数据”和“防止欺诈”的承诺。
"This is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy," SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano said in a release. SSA said it is still correcting an additional 8 1/2 million records with "inaccurate citizenship status." The agency said it has also implemented "stronger internal controls" to prevent future data entry errors. The database cleanup is the most comprehensive in the agency's 91-year history, SSA said, and underscores a government-wide commitment to "safeguarding identity data" and "preventing fraud."
周二的声明未说明纠正的记录中有多少（如果有）与不当支付或涉嫌欺诈有关。NewsNation通过电子邮件向SSA询问该数字，但该机构未予回应。SSA未提供数据库清理可能为纳税人节省多少资金的估算。没有证据表明这一点。去年，社会安全数据库因特朗普总统和埃隆·马斯克错误地暗示数百万死者正在领取福利，从而极大地夸大了问题规模，而登上新闻头条。
Tuesday's announcement did not say how many, if any, of the corrected records were tied to improper payments or suspected fraud. NewsNation asked SSA for that number by email, but the agency did not respond. SSA did not provide an estimate of how much the database cleanup could save taxpayers. There's no evidence of that. Social Security's database drew headlines last year after President Trump and Elon Musk erroneously implied that millions of dead people were receiving benefits, vastly overstating the scale of the problem.
这些说法基于SSA记录中数百万出生超过一百年且档案中没有死亡日期的人员。当时的代理社会安全局局长李·杜德克后来澄清，缺少死亡日期并不意味着福利仍在发放。
The claims were based on SSA records for millions of people born more than a century ago who had no death date on file. Then-acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek later clarified that a missing death date didn't mean that benefits were still being paid.
2023年监察长报告发现，社会保障局档案中约有1890万名1920年或更早出生者缺少死亡信息，但报告指出，“几乎没有”这类人在领取款项。当时，社会保障局官员表示，更新死亡信息对其项目将产生“有限或无益处”，并估算该工作将耗资550万至970万美元。尽管如此，监察长仍建议社会保障局在记录中添加死亡信息，并警告称这些社会安全号码可能导致“广泛的潜在滥用”。
A 2023 inspector general report found that Social Security had no death information on file for about 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier but noted that "almost none" were receiving payments. At the time, SSA officials said updating the death information would have "limited or no benefit" to its programs and estimated the effort would cost $5.5 million to $9.7 million. Still, the inspector general recommended that SSA add death information to the records, cautioning that those Social Security numbers could allow for a "wide range of potential abuse."
联邦数据显示，2026年6月约有9.2万名99岁或以上的退休工人领取社会保障福利，这一数字近年来几乎未变，与美国百岁老人人口规模相当。合法居留美国的非公民若符合项目资格要求，可领取社会保障退休福利，但非法居留者不具备资格。不当退休付款确有发生，但相对罕见。社会保障局2025年报告显示，99.91%的老年、遗属和残疾保险（OASI）付款不存在超额支付，99.96%不存在少付。报告估算，在约1.29万亿美元的OASI福利支出中，不当支付约为16.2亿美元。
Federal data show about 92,000 retired workers aged 99 or older received Social Security benefits in June 2026, a number that has hardly changed in recent years and is comparable to the size of the U.S. centenarian population. Noncitizens who are in the U.S. legally can receive Social Security retirement benefits if they meet the program's eligibility requirements, but those in the country illegally don't qualify. Improper retirement payments do happen, but they're relatively rare. SSA's 2025 report found that 99.91% of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance payments were free of overpayments and 99.96% were free of underpayments. It estimated $1.62 billion in improper payments out of roughly $1.29 trillion in OASI benefit payments.