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Mike Johnson: “The GAO report also found that 29,000 Social Security…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Leadership Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 06:57

And insurers didn't verify any of the information they were supposed to under the law. And they proceeded to pay tens of thousands of dollars to insurance companies for people who do not exist. Okay. The GAO report also found that 29,000 Social Security numbers in 2023 and 68,000 in 2024 were used to receive more than one year's worth of insurance coverage. In other words, multiple people were utilizing the same Social Security numbers to openly defraud the American taxpayers. The GAO also found that more than 94 million was sent to insurers on behalf of dead people. (06:57–07:12)

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