Trump administration boots 760K Americans off Obamacare and blames fraud
Vice President JD Vance says the targets include ‘phantom people’ and others who are ineligible for the program
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Vice President JD Vance says the targets include ‘phantom people’ and others who are ineligible for the program

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.

Vice President Vance and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), are expected to announce a new crackdown Tuesday on alleged fraud in Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges. The administration plans to cancel subsidy payments tied to 760,000 accounts it says are fraudulent, unauthorized or otherwise ineligible, according to…
The Trump administration is halting enrollment in Obamacare health plans for more than 760,000 enrollees it believes were fraudulently signed up, Vice President JD Vance... Reuters Health Information

Trump's $500 Obamacare promise, childhood cancer treatment with long-term risks, and more health news

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Trump promises Obamacare rebates to people in swing states, right before midterms President Trump said he’s planning to send $500 checks to about 1 million people who he claims were “massively” overcharged for Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage. Jacquelyn Martin, Associated…

Health policy experts said the refunds are unlikely to defray steep premium increases following the lapse of enhanced ACA subsidies.
Rising healthcare costs have been a major issue for lawmakers in recent years.

The Trump administration is pledging to send $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million Americans who the White House says were overcharged for ObamaCare coverage. In a recorded message posted Thursday to the White House account on the social platform X, President Trump alleged without evidence that the Biden administration was “massively” overcharging enrollees on the…

‘Our administration is doing the right thing in giving the money back to the people who were wrongly ripped off,’ Trump said
The White House said on Thursday it will send $500 to nearly one million Americans in 30 states who are enrolled in Obamacare health insurance plans, payments it described... Reuters Health Information

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