Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bill amends Medicaid law to require States (the 50 states and DC) to quarterly check the Death Master File, beginning January 1, 2027, to identify enrollees who appear deceased. If the Death Master File indicates an enrollee is deceased, the State must treat that as confirmation, disenroll the individual, and stop payments (with retroactive reinstatement required if the death was a misidentification).
Progressives emphasize wrongful disenrollment and consumer protections
Technocratic, narrow change with likely bipartisan appeal but could draw objections over state burden or error risk.
The bill amends Medicaid law to require States (the 50 states and DC) to quarterly check the Death Master File, beginning January 1, 2027, to identify enrollees who appear deceased.
If the Death Master File indicates an enrollee is deceased, the State must treat that as confirmation, disenroll the individual, and stop payments (with retroactive reinstatement required if the death was a misidentification).
States may also use other electronic data sources while complying with these requirements.
Narrow, administrable integrity measure with limited fiscal impact, so plausible to pass alone or as part of broader legislation; lack of funding and state pushback reduce certainty.
How solid the drafting looks.
Progressives emphasize wrongful disenrollment and consumer protections
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize wrongful disenrollment and consumer protections
Supportive of program integrity in principle, but skeptical about implementation and safeguards.
Concerned about wrongful terminations, impacts on vulnerable populations, and lack of explicit notice, appeals, or funding provisions in the bill.
Views the bill as a reasonable, targeted integrity measure if implemented carefully.
Wants clarity on costs, operational details, and consumer protections before full endorsement.
Favorable: sees this as a commonsense step to strengthen Medicaid integrity and curb improper payments.
Likely wants broader data checks and rigorous enforcement.
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Narrow, administrable integrity measure with limited fiscal impact, so plausible to pass alone or as part of broader legislation; lack of funding and state pushback reduce certainty.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize wrongful disenrollment and consumer protections
Narrow, administrable integrity measure with limited fiscal impact, so plausible to pass alone or as part of broader legislation; lack of f…
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