{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-angie-craigs-bipartisan-bill-prevent-improper-medicaid-payments-passes", "Rep. Angie Craig\u2019s Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Improper Medicaid Payments Passes the House", "2024-09-18", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Angie Craig", "C001119", "craig.house.gov", "craig", "https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Gus Bilirakis\u2019 (R-FL) bipartisan legislation to prevent Medicaid payments from being issued on behalf of deceased enrollees passed the U.S. House in a unanimous bipartisan vote.\n\nThe bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee with unanimous support from both parties back in June.\n\n\u201cWasteful spending has gotten out of control \u2013 we've got to rein in government spending when it\u2019s not helping everyday Americans. That\u2019s why I partnered with Rep. Bilirakis on this bill and why I\u2019m so proud to see it pass the House with support from both parties this week,\u201d said Rep. Craig.\n\nA recent reportspanning 14 states revealed more than $249 million \u2013 and $3.7 million in Minnesota \u2013 made in payments on behalf of deceased enrollees between 2009 and 2019.\n\nThe bipartisan Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility (LIVE) Beneficiaries Act seeks to prevent those wasteful payments by requiring states to verify through a quarterly check with the Social Security Administration\u2019s Death Master File database that Medicaid recipients are not deceased and remove any deceased beneficiaries from their databases.\n\nText of the bipartisan LIVE Beneficiaries Act can be found here", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-angie-craigs-bipartisan-bill-prevent-improper-medicaid-payments-passes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7823659107089043, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}