More than a million Obamacare enrollees have no Social Security number on file — and the Trump administration is calling it fraud.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz disclosed the figure in a video released Saturday. Kennedy blamed the Biden administration for dismantling safeguards that let the fraud flourish.
“The Obamacare marketplace is plagued by fraud in large part because the Biden administration dismantled basic program integrity guardrails.”
The June HHS issue brief reveals CMS flagged roughly 1 million broker-assisted sign-ups through HealthCare.gov that carried no Social Security number and owed no premium. Investigators labeled them suspicious rather than confirmed fraud.
.@DrOzCMS and I are exposing how bad actors exploited the Obamacare marketplace by enrolling people without proper verification and profiting at taxpayers’ expense.
The Trump Administration is taking decisive action to stop these corrupt schemes, recover taxpayer dollars, and… pic.twitter.com/ea5dN31S9n
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) June 27, 2026
The agency reports it has stripped or blocked close to 2.9 million improper enrollments and believes another 2.6 million remain. A Trump administration official pegged the total fraud at roughly $10 billion across 2021 through 2024, Fox News Digital reported.
Oz pointed to brokers gaming the system for commissions.
“Some of these agents refuse to follow basic rules like providing their clients social security number. That, my friends, is a huge red flag.”
Outside analysts have reached similar conclusions. The Paragon Health Institute estimated about 6.2 million improper 2026 sign-ups — near 27% of exchange enrollment — though it cautions not every improper case is fraud.
Oz closed with a warning to brokers caught in the scheme.
“If you’re a fraudster, here’s our advice to you. Do not walk away from us, run. Because we are going to find you,” he said.
