November 15, 2024

The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud referenced in The Wall Street Journal – November 15, 2024

Brian Blase

President at Paragon Health Institute

Brian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC) from 2017-2019, where he coordinated the development and execution of numerous health policies and advised the President, NEC director, and senior officials. After leaving the White House, Brian founded Blase Policy Strategies and served as its CEO.

Drew Gonshorowski

Senior Research Fellow at Paragon Health Institute

Drew Gonshorowski is a Senior Research Fellow at Paragon Health Institute. He brings a decade of experience conducting quantitative research and building models examining health policy and entitlement programs.

On November 15, 2024, Paragon’s research paper “The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud,” by Brian Blase and Drew Gonshorowski, was referenced in The Wall Street Journal.

From the article:

Mr. Musk says he wants to slash $2 trillion from a $6.5 trillion budget, which is fanciful without touching Social Security and Medicare, which Mr. Trump won’t do. But there are other ripe targets, such as fraud in Affordable Care Act subsidies. The Paragon Health Institute estimates such fraud at $15 billion to $20 billion this year. Agencies could also move to fixed-price contracts so taxpayers aren’t on the hook for contractor cost overruns.

The full article can be found in The Wall Street Journal.

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Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare), Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), fraud