The new head of the Social Security Administration says deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits."

Elon Musk’s easily disprovable misrepresentation of a table of numbers threatens to erode confidence in one of the most reliable programs we have. Social Security has been considered among the most efficient,

The Trump administration is falsely claiming tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving improper Social Security payments.

People who are listed as over 100 years old in the Social Security system are "not necessarily receiving benefits," the new head of the agency said Wednesday, contradicting claims that tens of millions of dead people over that age are receiving checks.

Elon Musk suggested Social Security data shows millions of improbably and impossibly old people collecting benefits, amounting to massive fraud in the retirement program. But the billionaire's claims about payments to dead people lack evidence -- and experts say his figures appear to count past-issued Social Security cards,