Obamacare recipients include more than 1M without Social Security numbers, Dr. Oz, RFK Jr. reveal: ‘Plagued by fraud’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said more than one million Obamacare enrollees lack Social Security numbers. They described the situation as a sign of fraud and blamed the Biden administration for weakening program safeguards. The Trump administration announced a crackdown to cancel suspect policies and recover taxpayer funds.
- ▪Over one million people enrolled in Obamacare plans do not have Social Security numbers, according to Kennedy and Oz.
- ▪The officials said the lack of proper verification points to fraud by rogue agents and bad actors.
- ▪Enrollment in Obamacare has fallen to about 19.2 million from a peak of 23.4 million in 2025.
- ▪The Trump administration said it will cancel fraudulent policies and pursue recovery of mispaid funds.
- ▪Kennedy and Oz criticized the Biden administration for dismantling program integrity guardrails.
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US News 1 million+ people without Social Security numbers enrolled in Obamacare, Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. reveal: ‘plagued by fraud’ By Ryan King Published June 28, 2026, 11:39 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — More than 1 million people enrolled in Obamacare plans lack Social Security Numbers, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. Kennedy called that “a glaring warning sign for fraud” across the Obamacare program and faulted President Trump’s predecessors for not maintaining proper guardrails in social safety net programs.
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