US Canceled 315,000 Obamacare Policies Last Month
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9/22/20262 min read
Why it matters: The law sold to make coverage cheaper got more expensive and was quietly paying for people who didn't qualify. The cleanup is finally happening.
The big picture: A White House fraud task force led by VP JD Vance and CMS chief Dr. Mehmet Oz is purging the Obamacare rolls of enrollees who were ineligible, signed up without knowing it, or in some cases weren't real people at all.
By the numbers:
315,000 policies canceled last month
760,000 fraudulent or ineligible enrollees removed so far
$2.2 billion in projected taxpayer savings
66 brokers cut for fraud, with ~470 more on the way
What they're saying:
Dr. Oz: "Accountability is coming."
The task force says the removed enrollees couldn't verify income or lawful status, or were signed up by brokers chasing commissions.
The other side: Critics warn the sweep could catch legitimate enrollees. But the government's own auditors flagged nearly 1.5 million ineligible subsidies in a single year, so the bigger problem was letting too many stay on.
The bottom line: Obamacare promised to save families $2,500 a year. Premiums roughly doubled instead, and a chunk of the money went to phantom patients. This is the first real audit the program has had.
THE FAITH CHECK: "It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). When Jesus flipped the tables, He wasn't attacking compassion — He was defending it, because a "den of thieves" fleeces the very people it claims to serve (Matthew 21:13). Every dollar stolen by fraud is a dollar that never reaches someone who actually needs it. Turning over the tables is the kindness.
You should probably know: This lands weeks before the midterms, and Democrats are running on expanding the ACA into single-payer. They call it "Medicare for All" because that name polls well. What they actually mean is Obamacare for all: the same program that just got caught paying for patients who don't exist, scaled to every American. Last time the pitch was "if you like your plan, you can keep it." Single-payer doesn't bother with that promise, because it means everyone with private insurance loses it.
Original reporting by Newsmax.
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