Taxpayers Lost $65 Billion On Obamacare Fraud Last Year -ZH (
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Taxpayers spent $65 billion on health insurance premiums for people who either didn't exist or didn't qualify for benefits in two federal programs in 2024, according to an Aug. 26 report from Paragon Health Institute.
Expanded Medicaid and Obamacare, the signature programs of the Affordable Care Act, improperly enrolled a combined 14.3 million people that year, researchers concluded.
Expanded Medicaid allows states to enroll people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, versus up to 100 percent for traditional Medicaid. That limit was about $35,600 for a family of three in 2024.
Obamacare was open to people earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level at that time, about $103,000 for a family of three.
Both programs are administered through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, with coverage provided by commercial insurance companies.
As Lawrence Wilson details below, via The Epoch Times (
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/65-billion-in-taxpayer-funds-spent-on-improper-obamacare-medicaid-enrollments-report-6080289?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge), researchers estimate that about 34 percent of all Marketplace enrollees in 2024 were either fraudulent, duplicates, or simply didn't meet the benefit criteria.
And the number went up the next year, researchers said.
"Improper exchange enrollment increased by more than 26 percent from 2024 to 2025 - up to an estimated 6.5 million enrollees,"Â the report stated.
