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Trump Saves Billions in New Fraud Crackdown

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

The Trump administration is cracking down on waste by stopping duplicate Medicaid and Obamacare enrollments.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services uncovered 189,000 individuals on Obamacare rolls who are either deceased or improperly receiving “double coverage” subsidized by taxpayers through Medicaid, Medicare, or Children’s Health Insurance Program. The agency said it acted promptly to remove double enrollees.

“On records showing enrollees had died, CMS acted to remove improper subsidies in all of these cases,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. “CMS estimates that this work will prevent $738 million in improper subsidy payments this year alone. At an annualized rate, this savings exceeds $1.5 billion.”

No American will lose coverage in the process, Kennedy said. Every individual has been contacted to confirm duplicate enrollment before stopping any Obamacare subsidies.

“We’re not cutting people from........

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