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One critic decried the move as "a political stunt designed to throw even more people off their coverage."

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Remember: this is a political choice. The GOP tried to repeal Obamacare for over 15 years. They couldn't do it through the legislative process, so they are destroying the ACA by killing the marketplaces, making them unaffordable, throwing people off their plans. And by cutting people off Medicaid.

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-- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 7:18 PM · Sep 22, 2026

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No wonder DJT is the self-proclaimed, "King of AI".

It does all sorts of tricks for him.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-23 09:59 AM | Reply

One critic decried the move as "a political stunt designed to throw even more people off their coverage."

Stunt implies imagination. This is anger and self-loathing.

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-23 10:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Yeah, they pulled this stunt the last time around too.

They cancelled mine. But losing coverage immediately triggers a special enrollment period under the ACA. So I had a new policy ready to go before the cancellation took effect.

#3 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-09-23 12:01 PM | Reply

"...based in part on "fraud" claims predicted by an AI model..."

GIGO at its worst.

The prompt was probably "find at least 3/4ths of a million".

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-23 12:03 PM | Reply

I'm sorry sir. The computer says you are committing fraud and or that you don't exist.

There is nothing we can do.

Have a nice day.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-23 12:19 PM | Reply

A way to combat this would be to find people being cancelled for their "fraud" when in fact they didn't commit any fraud.

put a face to this political shenanigan.

How do they know NOW an enrollee committed fraud?

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 12:23 PM | Reply

How do they know NOW an enrollee committed fraud?

POSTED BY EBERLY

The. Computer said so.

The Computer is always right. There is nothing we can do now.

The Computer has spoken.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-23 12:28 PM | Reply

Is this like the trump admin's voter "fraud" statement that said there were over 10,000 cases of voter fraud, but the Trump admin was not able to find even one tenth that amount?

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-23 12:30 PM | Reply

Would this be around 4% of the enrollees? 760K out of over 19 million?

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 12:50 PM | Reply

Using Services is Fraud.

Applying for Assistance is Automatically Fraud.

Anyone Using Assistance programs for Any Reason is a Criminal.

Trump "Logic" as regards Medicaid, Snap, or WIC.

Poor people need to Disappear.....

#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-09-23 01:35 PM | Reply

The "wealthiest nation on earth" cannot provide its citizens with healthcare or education or care for its elderly.

What a joke this country is.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 01:47 PM | Reply

"Would this be around 4% of the enrollees?"

Yep. 1 of every 25. Staggering, isn't it?

And what do you believe the error rate is on this claim???

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-23 01:49 PM | Reply

"I'm going to have the best health care plan." - Donald Trump, circa early 2000s

#13 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-09-23 02:12 PM | Reply

what exactly is the fraud one can commit?

is it the subsidy? they shouldn't qualify for it but lied about their income or something like that?

#14 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 02:14 PM | Reply

"In response to that action, Vance and Oz announced that over 500 brokers have been warned they could be blocked from taking part in enrolling future participants. CMS also announced a moratorium on new brokers helping people to enroll."

Now, I know the LAST person you all would have sympathy for would be an insurance agent...but they are going after agents as well....implying they knew their customers were lying on their applications.


#15 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 02:30 PM | Reply

"is it the subsidy? they shouldn't qualify for it but lied about their income or something like that"

I'd be interested to see the breakdown, what is income, and what is ineligibility due to citizenship status.

And whether or not the errors are due to computer and industrial snafus, or wanton criminality.

On another thread, there were THOUSANDS of folks improperly registered...mostly due to programming and data entry errors.

Headline screechers usually bury that last part.

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-23 02:37 PM | Reply

"I'm going to have the best health care plan."
~Donald Trump

"Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated."
~Also Donald Trump.

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-09-23 02:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#13

Candidate Trump on healthcare:

May 21, 2015
I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.

Sept 25, 2015
Everybody's got to be covered.

Feb 17, 2016
We're going to have great plans. They're going to be much less expensive and they're going to be much better.

Oct 25, 2016
You're going to have such great healthcare at a tiny fraction of the cost, and it is going to be so easy.

Nov 13, 2016
It will be better healthcare, much better for less money. Not a bad combination.

"I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid."
-- Trump to the Daily Signal in May 2015

"We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me. We will save $'s and have much better healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in February 2016

Pres-elect Trump on healthcare:

"We're going to have insurance for everybody ... There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us."
-- Pres-elect Trump to the Washington Post in January 2017

Pres Trump on healthcare:

"Our healthcare plan will lower premiums & deductibles -- and be great healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in May 2017


#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-23 02:55 PM | Reply

what exactly is the fraud one can commit?

Its not the beneficiaries, they trying to go after providers. These flyby night providers are signing up people, and then billing the government.
www.ncoa.org

The "wealthiest nation on earth" cannot provide its citizens with healthcare or education or care for its elderly.

Canada is killing its elderly in fact more elderly have been euthanized than gun murders in the US.
www.junonews.com

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 03:46 PM | Reply

..but they are going after agents as well....implying they knew their customers were lying on their applications.

The agents are in many cases just stealing personal data.

#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 03:47 PM | Reply

19

This is about ACA....not Medicare.

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 04:06 PM | Reply

Canada is killing its elderly in fact more elderly have been euthanized than gun murders in the US.
www.junonews.com

#19 | Posted by oneironaut

Wow you mean canada allows suffering people to die with dignity while the USA forces them to drain healthcare resources til their body can't take it anymore?

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-23 04:50 PM | Reply

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