February’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 15 days. The next SSI payments are scheduled to be distributed on Jan. 31. SSI payments are given to people living with debilitating disabilities that affect their income,

The money came back when the Department of Treasury gained access to the Social Security Administration's "Full Death Master File."

The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the tip of the iceberg.” The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave the Department of Treasury temporary access to the Social Security Administration ’s “Full Death Master File” for three years as part of the omnibus appropriations bill in 2021.

Retirees will receive their Social Security checks depending on when their birthday falls and the checks are sent out in three waves.

Rumors of Social Security payments being issued to dead people have circulate for years, and it turns out that there was in fact an issue.

In a groundbreaking initiative, the U.S. Treasury Department has successfully recovered over $31 million in Social Security overpayments made to deceased individuals.

The second round of January’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the second group of retirees on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments, which go out in three rounds.