A government report discovered that over $600 million has been paid out in the name of disabled federal workers and retirees after those employees had died. Because they worked for the federal government, there was no way to tell the living ones from the dead.
So dead employees continue to get paid, but they don’t continue to receive health benefits.
The government actually prefers dead employees, because they don’t request time off.
When federal employees or pension recipients die, the usual practice is that their pay benefits only last until a new administration is voted in.
The government was finally forced to stop payment to employees who had passed on, but only because the afterlife is considered overtime.
