Vance: 750K booted from ACA over fraud

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The Trump administration removed some 750,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage, saying those individuals were either ineligible for coverage or did not exist. "We're actually making sure that the people receiving Obamacare subsidies are actually entitled to receive them," Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday, estimating the removal of the enrollees would save the government $2.2 billion. The vice president said those losing coverage either did not meet eligibility requirements or simply did not exist, and announced plans to investigate another 419,000 people who may ultimately fall into one of those two categories. He also announced a six-month suspension on new agents and brokers enrolling people for health care coverage, saying they were responsible for a disproportionate amount of the fraud uncovered by the administration. About 19.2 million Americans were actively enrolled in the ACA marketplace as of February 2026, meaning those removed make up about 4% of to