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Trump Moves to Remove 760,000 ACA Enrollees

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the removal of roughly 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees on Tuesday.
The administration said the action targets fraudulent “phantom” enrollees.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) canceled about 315,000 plans covering 760,000 people at August’s end.
CMS will verify roughly 419,000 additional enrollees for residency and income eligibility and expects $2.2 billion savings.
CMS imposed a six-month national moratorium on new ACA broker registrations.

History

Historical Context

Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23 2010, adding roughly 20 million adults and enrolling about 12 million in exchanges by 2016. The 2012 Sebelius ruling let states opt out of Medicaid expansion, and the 2017 repeal of the individual-mandate penalty reduced enrollment. In 2024 Donald Trump ordered the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of plans and a verification sweep, echoing prior eligibility tightening.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the removal of roughly 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees on Tuesday.
The administration said the action targets fraudulent “phantom” enrollees.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) canceled about 315,000 plans covering 760,000 people at August’s end.
CMS will verify roughly 419,000 additional enrollees for residency and income eligibility and expects $2.2 billion savings.
CMS imposed a six-month national moratorium on new ACA broker registrations.

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