A nonpartisan watchdog this week uncovered rampant waste, fraud, and abuse in Obamacare: approving fake applicants, subsidizing dead enrollees, and one social security number with more than 125 different insurance policies tied to it.
You mean to tell me that a bloated government program that Democrats designed to give money directly to big insurance companies doesn’t have proper guardrails in place?
Color me shocked.
This groundbreaking new report found that fake identities, dead people, and improper use of Social Security numbers flooded the system, all while enriching big insurance companies and worsening health care plans for Americans. In fact, 100 percent of fake applicants were approved as recently as late 2024, and 90 percent of fake applicants continue to receive coverage in 2025. To create this report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) created 20 fake identities. Every single one of them got approved for coverage, costing taxpayers more than $12,300 a month.
Imagine you’re a college president, and your school accepted and then gave grants to thousands of fake or ineligible applicants in a single year. What would happen? You’d ruin your schools’ reputation, revenue would be low, and you’d lose your job, if the school survived at all.
Why is the federal government held to a different standard than everyone else? It shouldn’t be this way.
In addition, big insurance companies received roughly $94 million for providing coverage to 58,000 dead people, including at least 7,000 who died before their coverage even began. Where I come from, that’s called theft, and folks need to be held accountable for stealing taxpayer dollars.
Somehow, it gets worse. The report also found that a single Social Security number was used to receive over 71 years of taxpayer-subsidized insurance across over 125 different insurance policies in 2023 alone. This means that there was no process in place to make sure the same social security number wasn’t receiving more than one government-funded health care policy. Talk about a basic oversight! Still, the fraud continues. Hundreds of thousands of consumers were enrolled in Obamacare plans without their consent, meaning they didn’t even know they had health insurance from the government. Bad actors falsified documents, leading to 275,000 complaints in just eight months of people being enrolled without their knowledge – and those are just the people who noticed. This means, once again, big insurance companies were pocketing federal dollars without paying out medical claims for a single doctor visit, prescription, or medical service.
Once again, that is theft, and it must be fixed.
If you think that this has nothing to do with you, think again. As the report notes, these widespread mistakes, oversights, and displays of incompetence result in wasteful federal spending for people, including illegal immigrants, who never should have been on the program in the first place. This doesn’t just hurt the government’s bottom line – is also leads to patients suffering from higher health care costs and denied claims or delayed care when their providers struggle to verify which insurance is valid due to these fraud schemes.
Democrats broke health care when they passed Obamacare, the UnAffordable Care Act, and they don’t care about the hundreds of thousands of people they’ve harmed in the process. Even with this report and the clear-as-day numbers pointing to the fact that Obamacare has made health care more expensive, politicians like Jon Ossoff want to keep throwing your hard-earned dollars at a system designed not just to fail, but to fail you.
It's insanity, and it must be stopped. We need competition in the marketplace and to empower patients, not big insurance companies. I applaud President Trump for drawing attention to this issue as we work toward a health care system that provides all Americans with affordable, accessible, and quality care. |
On this week's edition of Buddy's Briefing, we discuss an innovative way President Trump and his administration are helping our nation's youth achieve the American Dream.
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Monday, December 1, 2025: Last week, I was honored to attend the Rock Springs Church at their Macon campus, a satellite location of a large, multi-campus Congregational Methodist church based in Milner, Georgia, that was founded in 1852. Under the leadership of Senior Pastor Dr. Bennie Tate, the church has grown dramatically, from just a few dozen people to thousands across several campuses. I was also honored to speak to the Coastal Republican Women at their monthly meeting at the Brunswick Country Club, record a podcast on the Chairman’s Countdown discussing America’s Generic Drug Shortage, have two live Fox News Interviews, and a live Fox Business interview. After flying back to Washington this morning, I head straight to the House Chamber, where I manage the floor during debate on H.R. 1262, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025, and speak in support of the bill that will invest in research and development of cures and treatments for children with rare diseases, including cancer. Afterwards, I head to an Energy and Commerce (E&C) member briefing on electricity prices before heading to our office for a series of meetings with staff, including our communications team, legislative team, and scheduling team. Next, I head to our weekly Whip Team meeting before heading to the House Chamber for our first vote series of the day. Because the government shutdown kept us away from Washington for so long, I have a backlog of tributes for people and organizations in our state and have reserved time in the House Chamber after votes to get caught up. In all, I make 17 different presentations of tribute that are listed below. Rep. Carter at RSC Media Row Tuesday, December 2, 2025: My morning begins with our weekly GOP Conference meeting, where we discuss the schedule for this week and the remainder of the year. Once back in our office, I join in on our all-staff conference call before meeting with Bob Meeder, the President and CEO of Meeder Investment Management, to discuss tax legislation currently before the Ways and Means committee. Afterwards, I head to the Cannon Caucus Room, where I participate in the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) Media Row and have six interviews with various media outlets to discuss news of the day. Afterwards, I head to the airport and fly to Atlanta for a meeting. Rep. Carter meets with Meeder Investment Wednesday, December 3, 2025: I’m up early and back at the airport this morning as I fly back to Washington and head straight to a markup in the E&C Committee that lasts over 6 hours and includes a bill that I am the sponsor of, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025, that will cut red tape and speed up broadband deployment. Between votes during the markup, I have meetings in the hallway with the Georgia Beverage Association to discuss ingredient scrutiny and keeping food restrictions out of the SNAP program, and Bend Biosciences and Georgia Life Science to discuss the pharmaceutical supply chain and quality standards of ex-US products coming into the country. Once back in our office, I meet with the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) as they present me with their American Patriot Award for 2025. Next, I meet with the CEO of EuroAPI, David Seignolle, to discuss manufacturing more active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in the U.S., and afterwards join in on a GOP Doctors’ Caucus conference call to discuss healthcare proposals. After welcoming a group of constituents from Savannah to our office, I head to the House Chamber for our first vote series of the day and, afterwards, pay tribute to Sam Asbury and the Fight Against Suicide Charity, started by students at the University of Georgia. Next, I head off Capitol Hill to a Conservative Climate Foundation reception before heading to a Southern Company reception. Rep. Carter meets with Bend Bioscience Thursday, December 4, 2025: After heading off Capitol Hill for an early morning meeting, I head to an E&C member meeting to discuss our agenda for the upcoming weeks. Next, I head to the House Chamber for our final vote series of the week and afterwards pay tribute to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler for being named Best Museum in the 2025 Best of Georgia Awards. Once back in our office, I film this week’s edition of Buddy’s Briefing, a video message and a couple of reels before heading off Capitol Hill again for another meeting. After a training session with our communications consultant and staff, I head to the airport for my return trip home to the district. Rep. Carter receives the AMAC Patriot Award Friday, December 5, 2025: I wake up in Savannah in Chatham County this morning and am delighted to be able to join my Band of Brothers bible study in Garden City, where we are blessed to hear a great message from our leader, Rev. Kenny Grant. Afterwards, I head to downtown Savannah, where I have a meeting with a constituent before heading to our Savannah district office, where I have a conference call with local Savannah firefighters and Greene County Fire Chief Rodney Wiggins to discuss potential legislation. Next, I meet with newly elected Richmond Hill Mayor Kristi Cox, who has done an outstanding job as Mayor Pro Tem, and I’m sure will continue her great work as Mayor. Richmond Hill is one of the fastest-growing cities in Georgia and will certainly continue to thrive under Mayor Cox’s leadership. After a meeting with a constituent to discuss vaccines, I have a conference call with our Chief of Staff and District Director to discuss office issues. Next, I have a meeting with an area physician to discuss Medicaid and healthcare issues before heading to Jesup in Wayne County, where I visit Great Southern Wood Preserving, where they manufacture YellaWood brand of pressure-treated pine products, used for outdoor building projects like decks and fences. After a great visit, I head to Valdosta in Lowndes County, where I attend the State Championship semi-final football game between the Valdosta Wildcats and Buford Wolves. Rep. Carter honors Sam Asbury and the Fight Against Suicide |
Did you know the city of Savannah was primarily a Christmas gift to President Lincoln during the Civil War? Union General Sherman was amazed by the ambience, greenery, and the bounty of Savannah. Unlike other cities he had destroyed, he preserved Savannah; no wonder it retains its lush appearance to this day. |
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