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Government records incorrectly kill off thousands, and there’s no easy fix
Does this woman look dead to you?
The government says Toni Anderson is dead, but she insists she is very much alive. David MacAnally of NBC affiliate WTHR reports from Muncie, Ind.
NBC News Channel
By Alex Johnson and Nancy Amons
Reporters
MSNBC and NBC News
updated 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
For a dead woman, Laura Todd is awfully articulate.
“I don’t think people realize how difficult it is to be dead when you’re not,” said Todd, who is very much alive and kicking in Nashville, Tenn., even though the federal government has said otherwise for many years.
Todd’s struggle started eight years ago with a typo in government records. The government has reassured her numerous times that it has cleared up the confusion, but the problems keep coming.