LIVE Beneficiaries Act
Key claim: The LIVE Beneficiaries Act would require state Medicaid programs to check the Social Security Administration Death Master File at least quarterly to identify deceased enrollees.
Abstract
(HR1403 · 119th Congress) Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act or the LIVE Beneficiaries Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to check the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File on at least a quarterly basis to determine whether Medicaid enrollees are deceased. Latest action (2025-02-18): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
Requiring quarterly Death Master File checks would formalize a program-integrity practice already used in other federal benefit programs and shift some administrative burden onto state Medicaid agencies. For beneficiaries and their families, more frequent matching could speed disenrollment after death and reduce erroneous payments, but also raises the operational question of how states handle false matches that could disrupt coverage for living enrollees.