Taxpayers shouldn't be paying premiums for people who don't exist and for too long Democrats let the fraudsters skate. Canceling about 315,000 bogus enrollments saves roughlybillions $2.2 billion and shuts down brokers who got rich inventing fake applicants with no Social Security numbers, no insurer contact, no premium payments and no claims. Anyone legitimate who got caught up can verify and be reinstated with one phone call.