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Mehmet Oz
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Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (PA)
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We call them phantoms, because we believe most of them don't exist or they had no idea they had coverage. … These are not real people. We're not paying insurance for nonexistent ghosts. … If you care about the ACA, then you'll want us to take the fraud out.

🔗NBC News
🔗Spokesman
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Vance's Fraud Task Force Cancels Obamacare Coverage for More Than 760,000 People It Calls "Phantoms" — the Vice President Says "This Is Not About Cutting Off Anybody From Their Benefits," Dr. Oz Says "We're Not Paying Insurance for Nonexistent Ghosts," and Chuck Schumer Says the Administration's Answer to Rising Costs Is to "Kick Hundreds of Thousands More People Off Their Health Insurance" →