An uptick in erroneous declarations of living individuals as deceased is causing significant issues for Social Security beneficiaries in upstate New York. Workers like Rennie Glasgow are now encountering cases where clients, believed to be dead, are seeking to validate their existence to access benefits. This issue has become more pronounced and has severe implications for those affected, impacting their banking, insurance, and daily functioning. Notably, former Social Security Administration head, Martin O'Malley, reported similar cases during a town hall meeting, emphasizing the systemic ramifications of these inaccuracies.
It's more than just an inconvenience, because other institutions rely on Social Security numbers to do business. Being declared dead impacts their bank account, insurance, and ability to work.
They are terminating people's financial lives, said O'Malley, illustrating the severity of the issue affecting many innocent individuals wrongly marked as deceased.
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