The Social Security Administration began assessing agencies that verify identities and eligibility for payments on April 10.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
The April 10 date and the subject of verifying identity and eligibility before payments are supported by a FedScoop report and a Treasury-linked record dated April 10, 2026. However, those sources say the Treasury Department's Do Not Pay system added SSA's Numident database for agencies and states to use, not that the SSA itself began assessing which agencies verify identities.
What was said
… But this, I'm, I'm, I think that this was quite the undertaking. I just like to to roll through the, the very quickly, because you don't have the story. The Social Security dates: They started in April. April 10th, they started assessing which agencies verify identities and eligibility before issuing payments. In June 22, a judge blocked them, right? So that's the whole SAVE database and everything, and they've been had to fight in court all over the summer. The appellate court in the D.C. …
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Contradicts. The sources attribute the April 10 action to the Treasury Department's Do Not Pay system, which made SSA data available to agencies. They do not say the SSA itself began assessing which agencies verify identities and eligibility.[1][2]
Supports. FedScoop reports that Treasury's Do Not Pay service, which helps agencies and states verify identities and eligibility before issuing payments, added SSA's Numident database effective immediately, with the article dated April 10, 2026.[1]
Supports. A Treasury-linked record dated April 10, 2026 confirms the Numident integration into Do Not Pay for verifying eligibility for federal funds.[2]
Context. The claim's wording mirrors the post's "Social Security dates" framing, but the post's own description of who did the assessing is not corroborated by the sources' account of the Treasury-led integration.[1]
Sources
2 sources: 2 not rated
- 1Social Security database added to Treasury’s fraud-checking systemfedscoop.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 286040.mdapp.govly.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
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