Ned Johnson of Seattle was declared dead by the government and lost his Social Security and Medicare benefits last month.

WASHINGTON ― For the past week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly pushed unsubstantiated claims that dead Americans listed as 150 or older are receiving Social Security payments.

“This is going to lead to total system collapse,” O’Malley told The Baltimore Sun. “It’s a very old, fragile computer system in (COBOL) language, which isn’t even in schools anymore.” In a social ...

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