Vance on Obamacare enrollment claims
The gist
Vance said the administration is stopping Obamacare enrollment for about 750,000 people it calls fraudulently enrolled.
The move affects part of 19.2 million ACA enrollees and is disputed by Democrats.
How it unfolded
- Sep 22, 2026Vance said the administration is stopping Obamacare enrollment for about 750,000 people believed to be fraudulently enrolled and is conducting additional verification on about 419,000 others, saying the move would save $2.2 billion.
- Sep 22, 2026CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said more than a third of enrollees have never used the program, estimating about 35 percent of people on the exchanges have never used their insurance.
- Sep 22, 2026Vance said the effort comes from the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which he chairs; the task force also banned hundreds of suspect brokers.