An item from last May:
Thousands of Americans are receiving federal stimulus checks in the mail, this week. Only problem: many of them are deceased.
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The Social Security Administration, which sent out 52 million checks, said some of those checks mistakenly went to dead people because the agency had no record of their death. That amounts to between 8,000 and 10,000 checks for millions of dollars.
If Unicorn Care screws up your medical history and you die, at least you might still get your handout. A win-win, I guess.
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