The Inflation Reduction Act is massive fraud

 

By Jack Hellner

The discoveries of fraud in government handouts are endless but most of the media and other Democrats opposed Musk and DOGE as they rooted out waste, fraud and abuse. 

Any attempt to limit or reduce government spending is attacked. 

The Democrats goosed Obamacare beneficiaries in 2022 with the falsely named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In 2021, eleven years after Obamacare passed, less than 12 million people were on Obamacare. That wasn't enough. Democrats needed more people to be dependent on them, so they pretended that COVID demanded more and made high income individuals and families eligible for huge subsidies. By 2025 over 24 million were getting subsidies. To pretend the IRA was paid for, they sunset the subsidies, without a single Republican vote, at the end of 2025. 

Now, they blame Republicans for the subsidies ending and want them continued for three more years, but subsidies never end. That is why we are broke.

Somehow, half of the people on Obamacare in 2024 had no claims, yet insurance companies got billions to cover more claims. That looks like major fraud. Anyone wanting to see how rich big insurance companies got after Obamacare passed should research their stock prices. Consumers suffered with massive premium increases, but insurance companies got rich. 

Why doesn't the media report how many people had no claims? The answer is because it doesn't fit the narrative about how bad Trump and other Republicans are. 

In 2024, nearly 12 million people had individual market exchange coverage but filed zero claims—more than triple the number from just three years earlier.

Instead of reporting the truth that Democrats voted to have these enhanced subsidies for high income individuals sunset, PBS and others are intentionally lying about tens of millions losing their health insurance: 

As lawmakers prepare for year-end recess with no agreement in sight, tens of millions of Americans who rely on the ACA are being left in limbo.

 

And they’re being misinformed:

Fifteen years after Obamacare was passed, the WSJ and WaPo are reporting how unafforable Obamacare is, but the public falsely believes Democrats are the ones who make health care more affordable. 

Opportunities for fraud seem endless:

SNAP, Medicaid, Earned income credits, PPP loans, student loans, unemployment benefits, green kickbacks and other government programs are ripe for fraud. The NGO's got very rich because of Biden's open border policies. 

Here is a small sample:

Trump admin drops hammer on ‘ghost students,’ claws back $1B from alleged loan scammers

Enhanced verification process targets AI bots and 'ghost students' using fake identities to obtain federal loans

Fraudsters aren’t hiding their greed:

Ferrari, Gold Bars, and $97M Seized in Arizona Medicare Fraud Case

And of course, Minnesota is involved:

Graphic: DOJ trial exhibit. Public Domain.

SEE IT: Feeding Our Future fraudsters bought mansions and Mercedes with $250M in stolen meal funds

Court exhibits show luxury cars, designer goods were purchased with funds meant to feed hungry children during the pandemic

Why don't Democrat states want anyone to see who gets SNAP benefits? They don't want the government to see how much fraud there is: 

Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from states led by Democrats if they don’t provide recipient data

It is the same reason democrat states don't want the government to see voter rolls:

Justice Department sues Mass., 17 other states for access to Voter data

If Republicans want to cut or freeze spending, they are routinely accused of not caring. Basically, the government has become an easily accessed pool of money handed out to get votes. 

The founding fathers would be disgusted at how most of the media supports handouts instead of rooting out fraud. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_inflation_reduction_act_is_massive_fraud.html