In general having a good national ID or at least national single-sign on solution might be the answer. Edit: It could take advantage of the IRS and social secur

In general having a good national ID or at least national single-sign on solution might be the answer. Edit: It could take advantage of the IRS and social security verification paths (I believe they require a SSN and verification of a previous year’s tax return values). There would still be some fraud, just as social security and the IRS both suffer from identity theft and fraud today, but the barrier to entry might be higher and in theory having a unified system would allow citizens to manage their identity and safety more easily. Considering the FCC is having to ask for permission just to add a captcha I doubt our government is capable of anything like this right now though.