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Trump is fighting Obamacare fraud. Democrats are defending the numbers

President Trump is turning fraud enforcement into affordability policy by protecting patients and ensuring taxpayer dollars pay for legitimate care

By Mehek Cooke Fox News

Published October 7, 2026 5:00am EDT | Updated October 7, 2026 1:22pm EDT

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Dr. Oz breaks down anti-fraud crackdown on Obamacare recipients, shares next steps

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz tells Fox News Digital what prompted the White House Fraud Task Force's decision to pull 750,000 recipients off Obamacare and details what comes next. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)

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Democrats love double talk. They claim to defend affordable health care while taxpayers finance fraudulent enrollments that harm the very consumers Obamacare was supposed to protect. Right on cue, they turned the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown into cruelty. Chuck Schumer claims the administration is kicking hundreds of thousands of people off their plans, while former Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls fraud enforcement a "false pretext" for stripping away coverage. Before Democrats declare 760,000 people victims of Republican cruelty, they should explain why taxpayers were financing policies that some consumers never requested, used and know existed.

The Trump administration recently announced that CMS canceled approximately 315,000 unauthorized Obamacare enrollments covering more than 760,000 people and expected to recover approximately $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies.........

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