“It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 May 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 May 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 June 2019, 16 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- steube.house.govhttps://steube.house.gov/media/press-releases/steube-introduces-valid-benefits-act-verify…
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