Trump Admin Says It Uncovered $10 Billion Obamacare Fraud Scheme

Others allegedly received premium assistance despite failing to meet eligibility requirements.

Investigators also identified what they describe as “phantom enrollments,” in which insurance brokers allegedly enrolled people in Obamacare plans without their knowledge to collect federal commissions.

The report argues that reduced verification requirements made those practices significantly easier to carry out.

Since taking office, the Trump administration says it has restored stricter income verification requirements, ended several special enrollment periods, increased screening for duplicate Medicaid enrollment, and launched investigations into brokers suspected of creating phantom policies.

Officials also say they have strengthened oversight of agents participating in the federal marketplace.

As a result of those efforts, nearly three million enrollments have already been removed from the Affordable Care Act exchanges.