Vice President JD Vance(@VP):.@SecKennedy: “In 2026, CMS identified 189,000 subsidized enrollments involving duplicate Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP coverage. On records showing enrollee has died, CMS acted to remove improper subsidies in all of these cases. CMS estimates that this work will prevent $738M in improper subsidy payments this year alone. At an annualized rate, this savings exceeds $1.5B. By year’s end CMS expects to prevent more than one million months of improperly subsidized coverage… We will follow the evidence, correct mistakes, and pursue fraud whenever we find it. In every case, we will enforce the eligibility rules before another improper payment goes out.”

2026.10.14 14:09

.@SecKennedy: “In 2026, CMS identified 189,000 subsidized enrollments involving duplicate Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP coverage. On records showing enrollee has died, CMS acted to remove improper subsidies in all of these cases. CMS estimates that this work will prevent $738M in improper subsidy payments this year alone. At an annualized rate, this savings exceeds $1.5B. By year’s end CMS expects to prevent more than one million months of improperly subsidized coverage… We will follow the evidence, correct mistakes, and pursue fraud whenever we find it. In every case, we will enforce the eligibility rules before another improper payment goes out.”