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https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/vance-says-aca-credits-fuel-fraud-democrats-push-extension-end-shutdown-2025-10-12/Vance says ACA credits fuel fraud as Democrats push for extension to end shutdown
By Bo Erickson and Ted Hesson
October 12, 2025 10:15 AM CDT
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance criticized Affordable Care Act tax credits on Sunday, labeling them vehicles for fraud and calling for regulatory reform, even as Democratic lawmakers seek to extend healthcare subsidies in the standoff over the government shutdown.
"The tax credits go to some people deservedly, and we think the tax credits actually go to a lot of waste and fraud within the insurance industry. So we want to make sure that the tax credits go to the people who need them," Vance told CBS News' "Face the Nation."
"We also think that Obamacare gave the health insurance industry a lot of ridiculous regulation that if we cut out, we can give people access to better healthcare at a lower cost. That's what we're working on," Vance added on Sunday.
More than 24 million Americans are enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, meant for people who do not have access to insurance through their jobs.
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Better healthcare at a lower cost will be announced in 2 weeks
Lesley Stahl opening Trump's "health care plan" and discovering it contained random papers inside:

Diamond_Dog
(41,049 posts)Is this just more of your admitted LYING to get a point across?
I swear
.Beardo, dumpy, Bondi
.its like you have to be an expert LIAR to join that party.
keep_left
(3,223 posts)...for health care that turned out to be blank pages? You couldn't come up with a better example of "Trumpism" than that little stunt--all sizzle, no steak. As I recall, Trump trotted out Kayleigh McEnemy...er....McEnany to sell that one.
dalton99a
(95,269 posts)
keep_left
(3,223 posts)...that it wasn't empty pages, but completely unrelated material. No plan at all. And they really thought no one would challenge them on it...not even to the extent of reading the first page.
dalton99a
(95,269 posts)keep_left
(3,223 posts)...that it's hard to keep them all straight!
dalton99a
(95,269 posts)Blues Heron
(9,031 posts)SheltieLover
(81,715 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,982 posts)MOST of those who can't afford health insurance premiums are voters in the states that overwhelmingly VOTED for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024! So tell them THEY are costing the Government money and are committing fraud!
I dare you JD!
Blue Full Moon
(3,651 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,380 posts)by TSF and I believe hes pocketing them.
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