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HHS Secretary Reports One Million Obamacare Enrollees Lacked Social Security Numbers
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27 that one million people were enrolled in Obamacare plans without Social Security numbers. The disclosure came in a video posted on X with Dr. Mehmet Oz. The Trump administration pledged stronger anti-fraud measures in federal health programs.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2026, that one million people were enrolled in Obamacare health plans without Social Security numbers. He made the disclosure in a video posted on the social media platform X alongside Dr.
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The officials said bad actors exploited the Obamacare marketplace by enrolling people without proper verification and profiting at taxpayers’ expense. Kennedy and Oz said the Trump administration is devoting more resources to identifying and preventing fraud within government health-care programs than the previous administration.
The administration pledged to intensify efforts to combat fraud in federal health-care programs. Kennedy and Oz said the effort is aimed at protecting taxpayer dollars by strengthening oversight and improving the integrity of federal health-care programs.
