The DOGE staffers repeated unfounded claims that Social Security is riddled with fraud; that in some cases, 40% of calls to the Social Security Administration phone center are fraudulent; and that millions of people aged 120 and older are registered with SSA.
Responding to what she called Musk’s “absurd claim,” Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group Social Security Works (SSW), said Friday that “the truth is that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, far lower than private sector retirement programs.”