Vance-Led Task Force to Remove 760,000 Enrollees From ACA Coverage Over Fraud Claims

Vice President JD Vance, who leads the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, announced Tuesday, September 23, 2026, that the administration is cancelling roughly 315,000 Affordable Care Act enrollments covering about 760,000 people, alleging many were fraudulently enrolled, ineligible, or simply do not exist, in part because the government was not verifying enrollee eligibility. Vance said the action would save taxpayers about $2.2 billion and that a further 419,000 enrollments would face additional verification; officials also announced a six-month suspension on new insurance agents and brokers signing up ACA enrollees, saying brokers commit a disproportionate share of the fraud uncovered. Roughly 19.2 million Americans are enrolled in ACA marketplace plans as of early 2026, and Democratic lawmakers and healthcare advocates warned the mass cancellations would strip coverage from people who are in fact eligible and drive up premiums.