{"id":287269,"date":"2025-10-08T19:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287269\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:19:13","slug":"do-6-million-people-receive-obamacare-health-insurance-without-knowing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287269\/","title":{"rendered":"Do 6 million people receive Obamacare health insurance without knowing it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tom Kertscher \/ Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch
October 8, 2025<\/p>\n

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No.
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We found no documentation confirming a Sept. 29 statement<\/a> by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., that 6 million people unknowingly received health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

Johnson cited<\/a> a report<\/a> by Paragon Health Institute, a think tank aligned<\/a> with<\/a> the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report produced an estimate, not a count, claiming 6.4 million people were fraudulently<\/a> enrolled in Obamacare. It said they were not income-eligible, including millions who \u201cappear to be enrolled without their knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The methodology was faulted by Blue Cross<\/a> Blue Shield, the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals<\/a> and the American Hospital Association<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paragon stood<\/a> by<\/a> its work.<\/p>\n

Fraud is much more common among brokers misappropriating patients’ identities than by patients, said KFF Obamacare program director Cynthia Cox and Justin Giovannelli of Georgetown University\u2019s Center on Health Insurance Reforms.<\/p>\n

Consumers are cautioned<\/a> about offers to enroll them in Obamacare.<\/p>\n

Sources
\n\"Think<\/a><\/p>\n

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