The administration eliminated $125 billion in Obamacare subsidies.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
The administration did halt Obamacare subsidy payments, but the sources put the savings in the hundreds of millions to low billions (about $738 million this year, roughly $1.5 billion annualized, and a claimed total of nearly $6 billion), not $125 billion. The claim's $125 billion figure is grossly off the record's magnitude, and no source supports it.
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… These are people that died. Some of them were quite old, actually, well over 100, many, many over 100. We kicked 275,000 illegal aliens off of Social Security, and Frank has been amazing in Social Security. JD, I think he's been fantastic whenever he does, and eliminated $125 billion in Obamacare subsidies, which is a totally corrupt form of healthcare for foreign migrants. We uncovered 562,000 fraudulent small business loans. Think of it, but not $562,000, $562,000 fraudulent loans, and we cut off funding to hundreds of fake hospice facilities that stole an estimated $1.4 billion, and that number, you can probably multiply …
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Contradicts. Reuters reports the halt prevents about $738 million in payments this year, roughly $1.5 billion annualized, which is far below $125 billion.[1][4]
Contradicts. HHS says the administration has 'already saved nearly $6 billion' in total, and Vance cited $2.2 billion in savings from the removal of 760,000 enrollees, so none of the official savings figures approach $125 billion.[3][5]
Supports. CMS and HHS confirmed the administration stopped Obamacare subsidy payments for about 189,000 enrollees who were duplicates in other government programs or deceased.[1][3][4]
Context. Enhanced ACA premium subsidies lapsed at the start of 2026 after Congress did not extend them, and regular subsidies continue to exist, so the broader subsidy reduction was not an administration elimination of $125 billion.[6][7]
Context. The claim's wording ('totally corrupt') is opinion; the checkable assertion is the $125 billion elimination figure, which the sources do not support.[2]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1US government cuts subsidies for 189,000 Obamacare enrolleesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2What to know about the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period now underwayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Trump Administration Delivers Second Year of Savings by ...hhs.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4US Cuts Obamacare Subsidies for 189,000 With Duplicate Coverageusnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5White House to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claimswisn.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Obamacare continues to shrink as enrollment opens for 2027cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7How Trump's megabill may be affecting you right nowus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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