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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

In latest blow to Obamacare, Trump is threatening the entire US health system

A masked man walks past a Miami insurance agency beneath a large 'Obamacare' sign
Between February 2025 and February 2026, 3 million people lost their ACA health insurance coverage. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of fraud, officials said on Tuesday – adding to previous efforts to chip away at federally subsidized insurance programs and likely causing some of the lowest-income Americans to forego healthcare, experts said.

The US government is also investigating about 420,000 people whom they suspect of fraud, and they are putting a six-month enrollment moratorium on new agents and brokers selling Obamacare policies, officials said at a press conference.

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