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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

Trump administration boots 760K Americans off Obamacare and blames fraud

More than 760,000 people are being kicked off Obamacare in what Trump administration officials described Tuesday as a crackdown on fraudulent enrollments that's projected to save about $2.2 billion in federal subsidies.

Vice President JD Vance, who leads the White House anti-fraud task force, said during a news conference that those targeted include “a mix of both phantom people, but also real people who ​just don't meet the eligibility requirements,” Reuters reported.

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