The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) contains over 65 million records created from SSA payment records. This file includes the following information on each decedent, if the data are available to the SSA: social security number, name, date of birth, date of death, state or country of residence (2/88 and prior), ZIP code of last residence, and ZIP code of lump sum payment. The SSA does not have a death record for all persons; therefore, SSA does not guarantee the veracity of the file. Thus, the absence of a particular person is not proof this person is alive.
Syracuse paid for health coverage of six who died, state finds.
The city of Syracuse has been paying for health insurance for six dead retirees, according to a draft audit by the state Comptroller's Office.
One of the retirees died June 20, 2003, but the city continued to pay the former employee's health insurance until the comptroller uncovered the problem in September, according to the audit.
