Federal Officials Cancel 315,000 Policies Under Affordable Care Act

Federal officials canceled about 315,000 policies under the Affordable Care Act through a notice filed on September 22. This action was taken to address an ongoing pattern of unauthorized enrollment, unauthorized plan switching, and other fraudulent or noncompliant enrollment activity involving agents and brokers in the Federally-facilitated Exchanges. The notices also detail how hundreds of agents and brokers lost access to health exchanges since January due to submitting statistically implausible application rates for the 2026 plan year.

The cancellations and operational pauses affect the health insurance network that was established under President Barack Obama in 2010. The notices detail the specific issues regarding enrollment activity and application rates that led to the terminations and the immediate pause on registration for affected agents and brokers.