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		WalterBright 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Ch... > 1% of the recipients are fraudulent Google sez: "The total amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) improper payments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 was an estimated $10.5 billion, or 11.7% of total benefits paid."

Aloisius 3 months ago | [–]

Em. "Improper payments" includes mistaken payments, overpayments and underpayments.

It is a measure of payment (or non-payment) errors, not fraud.

insane_dreamer 3 months ago | [–]

That doesn't mean 11% of recipients are fraudulent.

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