Social Security’s $12.4 million error
Agency overpays spousal benefits to some public employees, underpays others.
With more than 2,700 rules governing Social Security benefits, it's amazing that monthly payments to 59 million beneficiaries — including retired and disabled workers, their spouses, dependent children and survivors — go as smoothly as they do.
But with more than $800 billion a year in
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