# Welfare doesn’t check if you’re really you, and fraudsters have noticed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/welfare-doesnt-check-if-youre-really-you-and-fraudsters-have-noticed/
- Published: 2026-08-03T15:30:00+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/6002997-require-welfare-identity-verification/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Politics

## Summary

In every other part of our lives, Americans are tracked and scanned and verified. This is the age of Ring cameras, CAPTCHA and internet cookies. But suddenly, when it comes to welfare programs, we’re on horseback in the Wild West? 

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