Mistakenly added to 'death master file'

Published: 21 March 2024
on channel: WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
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The Social Security Administration says Joyce Evans was mistakenly added to Social Security's "death master file," a database that collects someone's information when they die and notifies other government agencies to terminate benefit payments. The 2019 version of the death master file acknowledges that "errors in the death-reporting process cause severe disruptions to the financial lives of those who are mistakenly reported as dead."

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