Treasury Proposes New Premium-Tax-Credit Checks as CMS Reports Duplicate-Enrollment Action
Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations implementing statutory Premium Tax Credit eligibility and verification changes beginning in 2027; HHS says related Exchange procedures will be addressed in parallel proposed regulations. A proposal is not yet a final rule or a realized saving. Separately, CMS reported identifying 189,000 people in 2026 with subsidized Marketplace coverage who were also enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP, or were recorded as deceased, and said it removed the associated subsidies. CMS projects approximately $1.5 billion in savings over the next year and claims nearly $6 billion already saved across its broader duplicate-enrollment work. The identified records and subsidy removals are administrative actions; the forward estimate and cumulative savings claim still require audited outlay and recovery evidence.
Article updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:29 AM Pacific
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