Washington.— The Trump administration launched a sweeping operation against irregularities in the health insurance system known as Obamacare, canceling approximately 315,000 enrollments that covered some 760,000 beneficiaries.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), the measure will allow the recovery of around $2.2 billion in
subsidies funded by taxpayer resources.
Vice President JD Vance explained that the investigation
detected cases in which people were allegedly enrolled in the programs without
meeting the eligibility requirements. He also stated that some enrollments
corresponded to so-called “phantom beneficiaries”: records of people who did
not exist or who were never aware that they had been enrolled.
Vance cited as an example an investigation in which a group
of agents and brokers allegedly funneled tens of thousands of people into the
program through fraudulent enrollments. According to his statements, some of
these enrollments corresponded to real people who did not meet the
requirements, while others were for fictitious individuals.
The CMS also reported that approximately 419,000 additional
enrollments will be reviewed to determine if the beneficiaries meet the
residency, income, and other eligibility requirements for receiving benefits.
The administration also announced measures against insurance
agents and brokers, whom it holds responsible for a significant portion of the
fraudulent enrollments, including restrictions on new intermediaries.
The government stated that the operation aims to prevent
public funds from financing coverage obtained through false information or
fraudulent practices.
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