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Vance and Oz to remove 760K from ACA rolls citing fraud flagged by AI

Vice President Vance's antifraud task force plans to cancel subsidies for hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollees based on eligibility challenges.

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What to know

  • Vance and Oz plan to remove 760,000 ACA enrollees from subsidies, citing fraud and ineligibility, with a claimed savings of $2.2 billion.
  • The action targets three categories: people unaware of enrollment, those with employer coverage, and those earning above 400% of the federal poverty level.
  • A nationwide moratorium on insurance brokers and agents will accompany 469 terminations, following findings of unauthorized sign-ups without proper identification verification.
  • A critical ambiguity remains: it is unclear whether the administration will cancel insurance policies themselves (contracts between enrollees and carriers) or only federal subsidies, forcing full-price premiums.

“It's the third category which I find the most noteworthy and concerning: There's no way of knowing for certain whether any enrollees will turn out to have a household MAGI income greater than 400% FPL until they actually file their 2026 federal income taxes in spring 2027.”

Charles Gaba, ACA Signups analyst · ACA Signups ↗

JD VanceJD Vance Vice President; head of antifraud task forceDr. Mehmet OzDr. Mehmet Oz CMS Administrator

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    CMS to audit 415K enrollees' immigration and income status

    Federal regulators will check the immigration status and income eligibility of 415,000 current ACA enrollees and will end a Biden-era policy allowing enrollees to receive subsidies without supplying mandatory identity and eligibility documentation.

    “Vance and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, are set to announce they are canceling subsidy payments for allegedly unauthorized and fraudulent enrollments in the ACA…for 760,000 individual accounts…”
    — Administration officials, Trump administration · source
    1. 1 outlet Breaking: Vance/Oz to kick ~760,000 off of ACA coverage and/or subsidies based on “fraud” claims “predicted” by an AI model

      first by ACA Signups, 1d ago

    • charlesgaba@mastodon.social

      🚨 Breaking: Vance/Oz to kick ~760,000 off of ACA coverage and/or subsidies based on "fraud" claims "predicted" in part by an AI model: https:// acasignups.net/26/09/22/breaki ng-vanceoz-kick-760000-aca-coverage-andor-subsidies-based-fraud-claims-predicted-ai

      charlesgaba@mastodon.socialMastodon1d ago8▲view on Mastodon ↗
  2. background

    CMS announces moratorium on new insurance brokers and agents — CMS will impose a nationwide moratorium on all new insurance agents and brokers, with plans to terminate 469 brokers already in the system. The move follows findings that some brokers signed individuals up without verifying identification, despite receiving up to $25 monthly per enrollee.

  3. background

    Vance and Oz announce plan to remove 760K from ACA rolls — Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced they will cancel subsidy payments for 760,000 ACA enrollments deemed unauthorized or fraudulent, citing eligibility violations and claiming the move will save $2.2 billion.