The Daily Money: Are dead people collecting Social Security?
Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.
The Department of Government Efficiency has turned its attention to the Social Security Administration database after Elon Musk claimed that tens of millions of dead people are still collecting benefits.
Is it a valid allegation?
More stimulus checks could be coming
President Donald Trump announced that he's considering issuing stimulus checks to Americans from the claimed savings reaped by the Department of Government Efficiency.
"We're considering giving 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% to paying down the debt," Trump said in a tangential comment during the Saudi-sponsored FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach on Wednesday.
Could checks be coming our way?
Trump order aims to expand IVF access
President Trump has signed an executive order to expand access to and reduce the cost of in vitro and other fertilization treatments.
The order directs his domestic policy advisers to make recommendations on how to lower costs for IVF, both for patients using health insurance and those paying out of pocket.
What does this mean for access to IVF?
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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today.
