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Fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits have been a problem for a long time, and states have set up systems to try to prevent such fraud. But lost in that effort is arguably a bigger problem: Some of those systems have hurt millions of innocent people, keeping the benefits they deserve in limbo.
Tags: COVID-19 | Unemployment | Unemployment Insurance
‘So Hard To Prove You Exist’: Flawed Fraud Protections Deny Unemployment To Millions
October 14, 2020 | Chris Arnold | National Public Radio (NPR)Fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits have been a problem for a long time, and states have set up systems to try to prevent such fraud. But lost in that effort is arguably a bigger problem: Some of those systems have hurt millions of innocent people, keeping the benefits they deserve in limbo.
Tags: COVID-19 | Unemployment | Unemployment Insurance