Trump administration removes 760,000 from ACA coverage over fraud claims

WBUR

Published September 23, 2026 at 12:05 PM EDT

The Trump administration is removing 760,000 enrollees from Affordable Care Act coverage, alleging that they were fraudulently enrolled in the government health care program or that they simply do not exist.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joins us to discuss.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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