SENATOR MARSHALL JOINS COLLEAGUES CALLING FOR DOJ INVESTIGATION INTO FRAUDULENT OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES

The following information was released by Kansas Senator Roger Marshall:

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Republican colleagues in a letter led by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and recover Obamacare subsidy payments made to insurance companies during the Biden administration that stemmed from fraudulent, unauthorized, or improper enrollments ensuring taxpayer dollars are not lost to waste, fraud, and abuse.

In the letter to the DOJ, the Senators wrote:

"Every improper enrollment in an ACA marketplace plan directly harms the American taxpayer. When fraudulent or unauthorized enrollments occur, brokers receive commissions and insurance companies receive federal subsidy payments even when the consumer never consented to coverage."

"Between January and August 2024 alone, CMS received approximately 275,000 complaints from consumers who were enrolled in a plan or had their coverage changed without their consent. These schemes have already cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, including cases involving more than $180 million in improper subsidy payments."

"The Government Accountability Office has confirmed that significant fraud risks remain. Most concerning, GAO could not identify evidence of reconciliation for more than $21 billion in ACA marketplace subsidies in tax year 2023."

"The Department of Justice has a responsibility to ensure taxpayer funds are not misused. I urge DOJ to pursue all available civil remedies to recover subsidy payments made to insurance companies as a result of waste, fraud, and abuse."