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US says it canceled 315,000 Obamacare policies last month
The agency also froze new broker registrations and said unauthorized enrollments could cost taxpayers up to $6.6 billion in 2026.
- On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services canceled 315,000 Obamacare health plans last month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments affecting about 760,000 people.
- Following Department of Health and Human Services estimates that nearly half of enrollments between 2021 and 2024 were potentially fraudulent, federal regulators barred 569 brokers who "submitted statistically implausible rates of plan year 2026 applications."
- Led by Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force, the policy cancellations could save about $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds, with CMS noting unauthorized enrollments could otherwise cost up to $6.6 billion.
- National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals President Mychal Walker criticized the new industry-wide freeze, arguing it would "punish legitimate professionals instead of targeting the bad actors responsible for fraud."
- The freeze will remain in effect until February 1, 2027, for brokers lacking 2026 registration, as the agency attempts to curb improper federal spending and secure the integrity of Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Trump officials eliminating 760,000 phony Obamacare enrollments * WorldNetDaily * by Ireland Owens, Daily Caller News Foundation
'We're going to make sure that they're, first of all, legal residents of the United States of America, and second of all, we're going to make sure that they actually meet the income threshold requirements in order to receive these benefits'
·Washington, United States
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US says it canceled Obamacare policies for 760,000 people last month
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it canceled 315,000 Obamacare health plans covering about 760,000 people last month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments.
·London, United Kingdom
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