The House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas to eight health insurance companies on Feb. 9 for documents related to their investigation of Obamacare fraud.
The eight companies are Blue Shield of California, Centene Corporation, CVS Health, Elevance Health, GuideWell, Health Care Service Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, and Oscar Health.
The committee is looking into potential fraud involving Obamacare subsidies, formally known as advanced premium tax credits.
The committee had previously asked the companies to provide the information voluntarily by Dec. 29, 2025.
Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), joined by Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Chairman Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), stated that the companies failed to fully comply or provided only partial information.
The subpoenas require them to turn over the documents by Feb. 23, 2026.
Some of the insurers issued public statements saying that they had responded in good faith to the original request.
“Blue Shield of California has cooperated in good faith with the House Judiciary Committee since receiving its initial request in December,” reads a company statement provided to The Epoch Times on Feb. 10.
“We have already provided multiple responses, including data showing no evidence of alleged phantom enrollees and documentation outlining our established processes with Covered California, the state exchange, to identify and address potentially problematic enrollment,” the statement added.
A spokesperson for GuideWell told The Epoch Times: “We have cooperated with all inquiries and will continue to do so. We are committed to fostering a health care system that prioritizes trust, transparency, affordability, and accessibility for all.”
A spokesperson for CVS Health told The Epoch Times that the company is cooperating with the committee.
Health Care Service Corporation told The Epoch Times it is committed to detecting and deterring fraud, waste, and abuse in the healthcare system.
“As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with federal and state officials to support program integrity efforts related to member enrollment in the Marketplaces,” the company stated.
The Epoch Times requested comment from the remaining companies but did not receive a reply by the time of publication.
The investigation was triggered by a December report by the Government Accountability Office that found billions of dollars in unreconciled Obamacare subsidies and tens of thousands of Social Security Numbers subject to potential identity fraud.
The report also revealed that people were enrolled in plans or had their plans changed by brokers without their consent.
These subsidies are sent directly to insurance companies to pay some or all of the beneficiaries’ health insurance premiums. Because the subsidies pay all or nearly all of the premium for many enrollees, they could be unaware of the cost increase when choosing a plan.
The Committee also seeks information to determine if a decades-old federal law is blocking efforts to stop fraud within Obamacare.
The Committee believes the current Administrative Procedure Act may be “unreasonably” delaying the government’s ability to implement new fraud-protection measures, according to subpoenas.
In June 2025, the Trump administration issued the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule designed to limit Obamacare fraud.
However, a Maryland court declared that the Trump administration had violated the Administrative Procedure Act when promulgating the rule. That decision is currently on appeal, according to the Committee.
Lawrence Wilson contributed to this report.
