CMS Administrator Dr. Oz says task force identified $1.5 billion in potential annual Medicaid-ACA duplicate enrollment savings
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that the Trump administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud estimates it could save taxpayers $1.5 billion annually by removing individuals enrolled in both ACA marketplace plans and Medicaid or Medicare. Oz stated his team identified approximately 70,000 deceased individuals enrolled in ACA-subsidized health insurance and roughly 120,000 people enrolled in both ACA plans and a state-run Medicaid program.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, announced Wednesday that the administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud had identified what it described as a significant source of improper spending: individuals simultaneously enrolled in both ACA marketplace plans and Medicaid or Medicare programs, as well as deceased enrollees still receiving subsidized coverage.
The task force's figures, as reported by the Washington Examiner, center on two populations: roughly 70,000 deceased individuals found on ACA-subsidized insurance rolls, and approximately 120,000 people identified as holding duplicate enrollment across ACA marketplace plans and state-run Medicaid programs. Oz said eliminating these enrollments could yield $1.5 billion in annual savings for taxpayers.
The announcement was characterized by the Washington Examiner as a claims-based report from Oz's team rather than a completed audit or independently verified figure. The $1.5 billion projection represents the administration's own estimate of potential savings; the sources reviewed did not include independent verification from the Government Accountability Office, the HHS Office of Inspector General, or any other external auditing body.