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Mehmet Oz: “That actual number may translate to 5, 6 million people we…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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We believe that 35%, roughly, of the people that are using the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare exchanges, because they've never used the program once, they've never filed a claim, may not be legit. And That actual number may translate to 5, 6 million people we could be paying premiums for because they don't have to contribute anything. So they don't even know they're getting it. These are people who have Medicaid and someone, often a broker, is just honestly enrolling them on, in Affordable Care act, or … (40:48–40:57)

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