[Bernard]

And the Illinois audit found that more than 8,000 dead people were still on the state’s Medicaid rolls.

While dead people still vote in Chicago, I was not aware that dead people continue to receive medical attention as well. Being on the roll is not the same as getting benefits. Or at least it is not supposed to be.....

[goldstategop]

I mean.... purging the dead off government rolls isn’t easy.

When my father died, I had to close his Social Security account and stop his benefit checks from coming.

But not many people are as diligent as me. So the system will have some fraud.

[Principled]

And the Illinois audit found that more than 8,000 dead people were still on the state’s Medicaid rolls.

My question too. If the recipient were dead, were the checks cashed? If not, no money was wasted. However if the checks were cashed by someone pretending to be the dead person, why aren't people going to jail?

[dennisw]

And the Illinois audit found that more than 8,000 dead people were still on the state’s Medicaid rolls.
While dead people still vote in Chicago, I was not aware that dead people continue to receive medical attention as well. Being on the roll is not the same as getting benefits. Or at least it is not supposed to be...

I figure half these dead peoples Medicaid cards are used by living relatives to get Medicaid/medical services....meaning fraud.

[Lorianne]

There is are still bureaucratic costs to dead people being on the rolls. I imagine that just the mailing out of information to dead people would cost a bundles and you know the government sends out multiple and mailings about every little thing and if they don’t receive a response they keep mailing more things.