Medicaid officials cut hundreds of thousands of enrollments, alleging systematic fraud.
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Medicaid officials cut hundreds of thousands of enrollments, alleging systematic fraud.
Federal health officials canceled approximately 315,000 Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments last month, affecting about 760,000 people, according to a government release. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the action was taken over unauthorized enrollments.
The agency is also verifying the eligibility of roughly 419,000 people for the program, checking their U.S. residency and income. The vice president's White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud led the effort.
The task force estimates the cancellations will save about $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Vice President JD Vance condemned what he called "rampant fraud" in the system. At a Tuesday briefing, he argued that financial incentives for insurance brokers to enroll people, combined with inadequate government eligibility checks, created the problem.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz also criticized the program's safeguards. He claimed that around 35% of current enrollees have never used their coverage for a prescription or doctor's visit.
Oz linked a surge in enrollment during the Covid-19 pandemic—from about 10 million to 22 million people—to weakened oversight and the attraction of subsidies.
It remains unclear how many of the 315,000 canceled enrollments involved people who were truly ineligible for coverage. The filing notes it is also unclear whether the prior administration had verified their eligibility.
The Affordable Care Act includes an individual mandate requiring most people to buy insurance, though the federal penalty for noncompliance has been zero dollars since 2019. Having healthier people in the insurance pool is intended to make coverage more affordable.
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Vice President JD Vance's White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud estimates the action will save roughly $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies.
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