The federal government has removed hundreds of thousands of Obamacare enrollments created for people who either do not meet eligibility requirements or simply don’t exist, Vice President JD Vance said on Sept. 22.
The action, initiated by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, targets 760,000 accounts and will save taxpayers an estimated $2.2 billion, according to federal officials.
The federal government also removed hundreds of brokers and agents who it believes may have knowingly enrolled people who did not qualify or did not exist, and imposed a six-month moratorium on the enrollment of new brokers.
“We had a system in this country that rewarded brokers, that made people rich for enrolling fake people in programs that are meant to ensure that our fellow citizens have healthcare. This was a scandal,” Vance said in a Sept. 22 press conference….