Obama and Biden healthcare programs not designed for massive fraud
“Federal healthcare programs under the Obama and Biden administrations were deliberately designed to facilitate massive systemic fraud totaling hundreds of billions or up to one trillion dollars.”
Summary
Federal health programs launched under the Obama and Biden administrations were created to expand coverage, lower costs, and improve health outcomes. No credible evidence shows they were deliberately designed to enable systemic fraud, nor are there verified figures indicating fraud on the scale of hundreds of billions or a trillion dollars. The claim is unfounded.
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- Improving Health for All Americans | whitehouse.gov
In response to the Executive Order, VA increased its mental health staffing, expanded the capacity of the Veterans Crisis Line, and enhanced its partnerships with community mental health providers; DoD and VA worked to increase suicide prevention awareness and, DoD, VA and the National Institutes of Health jointly developed the National Research Action Plan on military and veteran’s mental health to better coordinate federal research efforts. ... FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Executive Actions to Fulfill our Promises to Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
- Biden-Harris Administration Builds on the Success of the Affordable Care Act by Streamlining Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP Coverage | CMS
The Biden-Harris Administration today unveiled a final rule that will protect and improve how millions of eligible people apply for, renew, and maintain health care coverage through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP).
- Biden-Harris Administration Proposes to Make Health Care Enrollment Easier for Millions of Americans | CMS
This proposed rule follows President Biden’s executive orders in April 2022 and January 2021 directing federal agencies to take action to expand affordable, quality health coverage, including by strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, thanks ...
- Biden-Harris Administration Takes Groundbreaking Action to Expand Health Care Access by Covering Traditional Health Care Practices | CMS
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved section 1115 demonstration amendments that allow, for the first time ever, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of traditional health care practices provided by Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, Tribal facilities, and urban Indian organizations (UIO).
- FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Protects and Increases Access to Quality, Affordable Healthcare | OMB | The White House
Since taking office, the President has delivered the resources necessary to end the COVID emergency; built on the success of the ACA to further close the uninsured gap; reduced Americans’ healthcare premiums and prescription drug costs; finally allowed Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices and taken on Big Pharma; acted to protect millions of consumers from surprise medical bills and junk fees; made progress on bold new goals as part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot; released a national strategy to tackle the mental health crisis; and created new efforts dedicated to closing gaps in women’s health research and preventing, detecting, and treating devastating diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Record-Breaking 2025 Open Enrollment Period Under the Affordable Care Act | The White House
This Administration has also cut red tape to make applying for and renewing Medicaid coverage easier, and established new standards to ensure people have access to the care they need when they need it. In addition to today’s record-breaking enrollment numbers, we are also releasing a report and a data chart pack detailing the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic progress to improve the health of millions of Americans– from making health care and prescription drugs more affordable, to tackling crises in mental health, maternal health, and more, and investing in public health infrastructure.
- Democrats’ Failed Health Care Policies: Higher Prices, Less Choice, More Fraud - Ways and Means
CMS also found that 12 million enrollees never filed a medical claim in 2024 (up from 3.5 million enrollees in 2021) – raising questions about how many enrollees even know they are enrolled in Obamacare plans because “Biden Covid Credits” require zero skin in the game for enrollees.
- Health Policy Priorities for the Biden Administration - PMC
Now, under ARPA, a 60-year-old with an income of 430% of the federal poverty level would see more than a 50% reduction in premiums for gold or silver plans.2 The administration hopes to make these increases permanent in the pending reconciliation legislation.