Obamacare Fraud Estimated to Cost $25 Billion This Year: Report

A conservative think tank estimates 6.2 million improper enrollments in 2026. That’s more than one-quarter of all enrollments.

A pedestrian passes an insurance agency that offers Affordable Care Act plans in Miami, on Jan. 28, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Taxpayers will foot the bill for up to $25 billion in improper Affordable Care Act (ACA) payments due to organized fraud and improper enrollments in 2026, according to a June 3 report from Paragon Health Institute.

Some 6.2 million enrollments in the healthcare exchanges during the most recent open enrollment period were improper, the report states, accounting for 27 percent of all enrollments.