Episode
60 Minutes: Dead Or Alive, Face Blindness
Overview
Thousands of errors to the Social Security Administration's Death Master File can result in fraudulent payments -- costing taxpayers billions. Scott Pelley reports; then, Lesley Stahl reports on face blindness, a puzzling neurological disorder.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 48
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2016-02-28
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Dead Or Alive, Face Blindness is Episode 24 in Season 48 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2016-02-28. The runtime is 44 min.
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