Phantom ObamaCare accounts spark new crackdown as Oz targets broker fraud

Dr.Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is urging health insurers to work only with brokers who record their conversations with ObamaCare applicants, escalating the Trump administration's crackdown on unauthorized enrollments that officials say have cost taxpayers billions.Vice President JD Vance announced Tuesday that the administration’s anti-fraud task force will be removing 750,000 fraudulent recipients enrolled in ObamaCare, saying the move will save American taxpayers $2.2 billion."These [ObamaCare enrollees] are phantom accounts," Oz told Fox News Digital.

"There are no human beings involved in these accounts.BOMBSHELL REPORT EXPOSES HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEMES AS TAXPAYERS LOSE UP TO $521 BILLION ANNUALLYCMS Administrator Dr.Mehmet Oz explains the White House Fraud Task Force's newest move in removing fraudulent Obamacare recipients amid the Trump administration's crackdown on fraud.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images)He continued, "Why do I think that? We reached out to them.We wanted to know, have you filed any claims? We don't see anything.

Have you ever responded to any questions we've asked you? Do you have a Social Security number? Without that, I can't tell if you made enough money to be on Obamacare or maybe too much to be."Oz told Fox News Digital that the administration is encouraging health insurance companies to get involved in the anti-fraud push."From now on, we're asking insurance companies to work with brokers who record the conversations," Oz said."Why wouldn't you?" he said."What are you nervous about? What are you worried about? Why don't you want me to hear what you discussed?"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT UNCOVERS $500M IN FRAUD AND WASTE IN FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMSVice President J.D.

Vance (C), accompanied by (L-R) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Deputy Administrator & Chief Operating Officer Kimberly Brandt, Administrator for the Centers for Me...