These are modest moves in the right direction. But they’re unlikely to bring the situation under control — at least not as long as the enhanced subsidies remain in place.
The number of Americans enrolled in marketplace plans either fraudulently or improperly reached 6.4 million in 2025 — an increase of more than one-quarter, according to an analysis published last month by the Paragon Health Institute. All of this wrongdoing will cost American taxpayers an estimated $27 billion this year.
That such misbehavior has grown more common shouldn’t come as a shock. The Biden administration effectively encouraged people to procure exchange coverage through dishonest means.
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Thank Obamacare for America’s insurance fraud boom
Sally C. Pipes
These are modest moves in the right direction. But they’re unlikely to bring the situation under control — at least not as long as the enhanced subsidies remain in place.
The number of Americans enrolled in marketplace plans either fraudulently or improperly reached 6.4 million in 2025 — an increase of more than one-quarter, according to an analysis published last month by the Paragon Health Institute. All of this wrongdoing will cost American taxpayers an estimated $27 billion this year.
That such misbehavior has grown more common shouldn’t come as a shock. The Biden administration effectively encouraged people to procure exchange coverage through dishonest means.
Read the entire Detroit News op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.