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Vance said 750,000 left the ACA marketplaces.

The Times: subsidies they did not qualify for. He put the savings at $2.2 billion. Some, he said, were not real people.

The Rocket News · Economy · WashingtonSeptember 23, 2026 · 4 min read

Vance said more than 750,000 enrollees were cut from the ACA marketplaces.

Vice President JD Vance said more than 750,000 people were removed from the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. The New York Times had the figure. He estimated $2.2 billion in savings. Many, he said, were drawing premium subsidies they did not qualify for. Some, he said, were not real people.

The Economy desk files the cut, not the diesel gallon. That argument is on the Politics desk this morning. This one is the insurance roll.

He put the savings at $2.2 billion.

The Economy desk files Wednesday as it is: three-quarters of a million names off the marketplace, and a vice president who called the savings $2.2 billion.

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