(The Center Square) - The Trump administration cancelled enrollment in the Affordable Care Act healthcare program for about 750,000 people due to ineligibility suspicions, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday.Â
The individuals are connected to more than $2.2 billion in fraudulent Obamacare payments, Vance alleges, or about 2% of the Affordable Care Act's annual $112 billion budget. Vance touted the announcement as an effort to ensure that elderly Americans and children who rely on Obamacare get the services they need.Â
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